* TSX futures up 0.03%

* Oil climbs more than 2%, gold slips

June 3 (Reuters) - Futures tracking Canada's blue-chip

stocks were nearly flat on Wednesday as renewed hostilities in

the Middle East dampened hopes for a peace deal and hurt global

risk sentiment.

June futures on the S&P/TSX index were up 0.03% at

6:48 a.m. ET (1048 GMT).

* The U.S. military on Wednesday said it has thwarted

Iranian missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and other regional

targets.

* Oil prices rose above 2%, with talks between Tehran and

Washington showing little signs of progress.

* Spot gold and silver slipped 0.6% and 1.1%,

respectively, pressured by a stronger dollar and rising oil

prices that kept inflation worries elevated.

* Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index

on Tuesday touched a record high and surpassed the 35,000 mark

for the first time as higher commodity prices boosted resource

sector shares.

* Canada had a positive meeting with the U.S. on the review

of their free trade deal, the country's minister responsible for

Canada-U.S. trade, Dominic LeBlanc, said in Washington on

Tuesday, but declined to provide many details.

* Meanwhile, Shopify ( SHOP ) said on Tuesday its board had

approved an additional $3 billion share buyback program,

bringing the Canadian e-commerce company's total repurchase

authorization to $5 billion.

* Greater Toronto Area home salessaw their biggest monthly

gain in 10 months in May, helped by improving affordability as

prices resumed their recent decline, Toronto Regional Real

Estate Board data showed on Wednesday.

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