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Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as investors weighed mixed signals surrounding renewed Middle East peace talks while awaiting quarterly results from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with semiconductor shares finding support from another round of upbeat AI-related earnings.
By Stefano Rebaudo Aug 4 (Reuters) - European stocks climbed alongside U.S. futures on Tuesday, although a rebound in oil prices underscored market scepticism that the U.S.-Iran war would be resolved
Brent crude fell almost 5% on hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while U.S. stock indexes posted strong gains. Iran said Monday that there weren’t any talks under way with the U.S. nor were any meetings planned, after President Trump said the day before he had called off a major strike on the country to provide more time for negotiations. The Nasdaq jumped 2.1%, the S&P 500 rose 1.5%, and the Dow industrials gained 1.3%.
SpaceX stock was lower in premarket trading on Monday. July was a brutal month for the company's shares.
Stocks looked set to open higher on Thursday as investors weighed up earnings reports from Microsoft and Meta Platforms, which came just hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s press conference triggered a brutal market selloff.
Oil prices bounced between gains and losses on Thursday and world shares were mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi falling again after losing more than 16% over the past two days due to selling of stocks related to artificial intelligence-related. Crude prices remained volatile after the U.S. said early Thursday it had conducted a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran, responding to an attack on a U.S. base. It was trading around $72 a barrel in late February, before the Iran war began.
The stock market sold off as oil prices surged on Trump's Iran threats. Microsoft, Meta and Fortinet were key earnings movers late.
After a brief relief rally, stock market selling accelerated again heading into the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 1,000 points, or 1.9%. The S&P 500 fell 1%. The Nasdaq dropped 0.9%. The S&P and Nasdaq both were on pace to mark intraday comebacks but lost steam as traders digested the latest updates from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
With an hour to go until the Federal Reserve’s big rate-cut decision, the stock market is already selling off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 823 points, or 1.6%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1%.
During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Trump warned that the United States will be “hitting Iran hard” following the attack on U.S. bases in Jordan.
The latest oil spike was sending the Dow tumbling, but the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and a gauntlet of earnings loom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.
US market liveblog: stocks set for mixed open ahead of Fed decision US stocks are set for a mixed open on Wednesday as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision, while renewed tensions in the Middle East and continued pressure on semiconductor stocks cloud...
Caterpillar's strong order and backlog growth are likely to slow in 2027 and 2028, Baird projected on Wednesday, highlighting the recent New York data center moratorium as an example of growing state and local regulatory pushback. CAT stock dragged the Dow Jones into the red before Wednesday's open, as S&P 500 futures pointed higher. Baird downgraded CAT to neutral from outperform, cutting its price target to 900 from 1,200, according to The Fly investment news site.
General Dynamics has managed to avoid much of the defense stock pain that came after fighting began in Iran. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.96 from sales of $13.5 billion. Operating profit margin was 10.4%, up 0.4 percentage point year-over-year.
West Texas Intermediate crude surged as the Federal Reserve prepared to announce its interest rate decision Wednesday afternoon
Investors braced for a Fed decision, a flood of earnings, and a potential reescalation in the war with Iran.
South Korea’s Kospi stock index dropped more than 8% on Wednesday as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump shares. The latest rout was led by a plunge in shares in chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating profit in the last quarter fell short of analysts’ forecasts even though it soared sixfold to a record 60.5 trillion won ($41.2 billion). SK Hynix sank 12.6% while shares in Samsung Electronics dropped 8%.
The air conditioning business is heating up, thanks to AI. Tuesday morning, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning company Carrier Global reported better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised its full-year financial guidance.
Well-received earnings from Unilever, Croda and GSK spurred gains on the blue-chip FTSE 100.
Dow futures climbed more than 500 points Monday as Brent crude slid toward $85 a barrel ahead of a Fed rate decision Wednesday
Wall Street stocks are predicted to open sharply higher on Monday as a pause in US and Iranian attacks sent oil prices tumbling ahead of a massive week for markets, including a Federal Reserve meeting and earnings from several tech megacaps. Dow Jones futures were up 568 points, or 1.1%,...
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