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May 18 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Monday as heavyweight semiconductor stocks recovered, while a bond market rout that had sparked a selloff the previous week appeared to

Stocks open the day with modest gains as investors look ahead to earnings from Nvidia and Walmart to gauge the health of the AI trade and the economy amid ongoing Middle East tensions. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.1%, while the Dow was flat. With only a few economic data releases in the week ahead, investors are paying attention to other pieces of news, like signs of progress in the Middle East.

Stock futures turned higher just before the market opened on Monday, while oil prices suddenly tipped lower. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.1%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.1%, and the actively t

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US equity futures were lower pre-bell Monday as tensions remain high in the Middle East after the UA

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US stocks have been predicted to start Monday trading in the red, as they ended last week, with investors continuing to worry about rising bond yields, stubborn inflation and the economic fallout from higher oil prices. Dow Jones futures were down around 262 points or 0.4%, while S&P 500...

Wall Street closed lower on Friday as rising oil prices and renewed concerns involving Iran weighed on investor sentiment.

US equity futures were lower pre-bell Monday as tensions remain high in the Middle East after the UA

Elevated bond yields and rising oil prices add to pressure on equities as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran shows little progress

The benchmark US stock measures were tracking in the red before the opening bell Monday as investors

Wall Street futures pointed moderately lower pre-bell Monday as traders assessed the still-closed St

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US equity investors will remain focused on President Donald Trump's attempts to force Iran to reopen

U. S. stock futures moved lower on Monday as investors remained cautious amid elevated global bond yields and ongoing geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran.

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The S&P 500 tumbled 1.2% on Friday, the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 537 points, or 1.1%. The 30-year government bond hit its highest closing yield in nearly 20 years, at 5.127%. President Trump said that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping “feel very similar on Iran” and both want the conflict to end.

Stocks looked set to fall again on Monday as investors continued to worry about higher inflation, with the U.S. and Iran seemingly making no progress in their ongoing peace talks. The three major indexes tumbled on Friday, dragged down by soaring U.S. Treasury yields. The lack of a peace deal to end the conflict in the Middle East has caused investors to fret about a flare-up in inflation, with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz still disrupted.

Trump told Axios "the clock is ticking" for Iran and warned if the regime doesn't make a better deal "they are going to get hit much harder."

Stock futures pulled back from record closes as commodities markets were shook by the ongoing war in Iran. M

The stock market is near highs but oil prices and yields are headwinds with Trump issuing new Iran threats. Nvidia and Walmart earnings loom.

Futures are poised to open for trading later on Sunday ahead of earnings reports from Nvidia and Walmart this week and after President Donald Trump returned from a trip to China. Treasury yields jumped on Friday, with the 30-year rate rising to 5.1% after April inflation numbers came in elevated. There is no apparent progress on the situation in Iran.

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