March 27 (Reuters) - Futures tied to Canada's main stock

index edged lower on Friday as uncertainty around a resolution

to the Middle East conflict kept investors on edge, though gains

in oil and gold prices capped losses in the resource-heavy

market.

June futures on the S&P/TSX Composite Index were

down 0.2% as of 06:26 a.m. ET (1026 GMT).

* U.S. President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran

to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, after which he has

said the Middle Eastern country will face attacks on its energy

infrastructure.

* Oil prices pushed higher on Friday as investors remained

doubtful that the two sides would reach an agreement.

* Gold rose, supported by dollar weakness and value buying,

but was set for a fourth straight week of declines as rising

energy prices heightened inflation fears and fueled expectations

of interest-rate hikes globally.

* The Bank of Canada on Thursday warned it faces "a tough

job" navigating structural shifts that will permanently reshape

the country's economic landscape, with Senior Deputy Governor

Carolyn Rogers saying the next five years could prove as

turbulent as the last.

* Traders expect the Bank of Canada to keep rates unchanged

at its April meeting, while pricing in nearly three hikes by the

end of the year, LSEG data shows.

* The S&P/TSX Composite Index  closed in negative

territory on Thursday, erasing some of the week's earlier gains,

and was poised to end March 7.1% lower.

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