Futures for Canada's main stock index fell on Friday, with gold stocks tracking bullion prices lower as US Treasury yields rebounded, while investors awaited jobs data.

Spot gold fell 1.12%, while gold futures shed 1.28%.

March futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.2% at 7:00 a.m. ET.

Data on Canada's unemployment rate for February is due at 8:30 am ET (1230 GMT).

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended 0.79% higher at 18,837.40 on Thursday.

Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were down 0.02% at 7:00 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were down 0.48% and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were down 1.62%.