dec 9 reuters  futures for canadas main stock index fell on thursday as crude prices weakened following increased restrictions in parts of the world to counter the omicron coronavirus variant december futures on the sptsx index were down 03 at 700 am et oil prices eased after measures by some governments to slow the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant though losses were capped by positive comments from vaccine makers about the efficacy of their jabs the toronto stock exchanges sptsx composite index gsptse ended 04 lower at 2107735 on wednesday after climbing 26 in the first two days of the week dow eminis were down 127 points or 036 at 700 am et while sp 500 eminis were down 18 points or 038 and nasdaq 100 eminis were down 81 points or 049 canadian miner kinross gold corp kto said on wednesday it would buy gold explorer great bear resources ltd gbrv for about c18 billion 142 billion eyeing its dixie project a potentially longlife mine complex canadian natural resources ltd cnqto jp morgan cuts to neutral from overweight mullen group ltd mtlto cibc cuts to neutral from outperform commodities at 700 am et reporting by amal s in bengaluru editing by vinay dwivedi