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Bond markets haven’t been swayed by President Donald Trump’s latest assurances on the war with Iran, with yields holding stubbornly higher and G-7 finance ministers continuing to discuss the impact of a surge in rates during the second day of their meeting in Paris. The U.S. president said Monday he had called off military strikes on Iran that were slated for Tuesday amid “serious negotiations” that he claimed had “a very good chance” of establishing an agreement between Washington and Tehran. What the president hasn’t been able to do, however, is address the worrying rise in Treasury bond yields, which remain elevated heading into the Tuesday session.
Markets were on course to open in the red Tuesday as the chip-stocks rally that has powered gains for much of the year continued to lose steam. Stock futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq were down 0.3%, having finished 1.5% lower the previous session led lower by a Big Tech selloff. Dow Industrial futures were falling 34 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures dropped 0.2%.
Asian shares were mixed Tuesday as uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war roiled global markets. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.6% in morning trading to 60,433.79, erasing initial gains after the government reported that the economy grew for the second straight quarter in January-March, mainly due to better than expected consumer spending. Shares in Samsung Electronics slipped 3.8% and SK Hynix fell 4%, tracking losses in tech shares overnight on Wall Street.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended mixed on Monday, with the Dow adding about a third of a percent, the S&P 500 little changed and the tech-heavy Nasdaq shedding half a percent.</p><p>Ongoing worries about the disruption of oil supplies, inflation and elevated borrowing costs weighed on stocks and pushed the 10-year Treasury yield earlier in the session to its highest level since February 2025.</p><p>Kevin Mahn is president and chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management.</p><p>“Investors continue to try and digest higher oil prices, which have led to higher gas prices and introduced even more inflationary pressures into the system. So each time we hear news that the impasse in the Strait of Hormuz may be coming to an end, you see the tailwind come into the market and stocks move higher. On the flip side, each time we learn that that Strait of Hormuz is going to be locked, or at least blocked for a longer period of time, investors then get concerned, bond yields shoot up and the prospects for a rate hike as opposed to a rate cut get brought back on to the table."</p><p>The Nasdaq fell for a second consecutive session as investors took a break from the AI-driven rally that started in late March.</p><p>Seagate Technology fell almost 7%, while peer Micron shed 6%. Shares of Sandisk dropped more than 5% and Western Digital lost nearly 5%. </p><p>:: Nvidia</p><p>The world's most valuable company, Nvidia, also closed lower, ahead of its scheduled quarterly earnings report later this week.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Regeneron tumbled almost 10% as the drugmaker's experimental treatment for melanoma missed the main goal in a late-stage trial.</p></body>
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President Donald Trump's influence on the U.S. stock market was on full display during the final hour of trading. Nasdaq, a major index that holds stocks of big tech companies, had swung lower by 1.3% for the day as of 2:59 p.m. Eastern time. Then came the post by Trump, proclaiming that "we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow" and the "hold off" came at the request of leaders in the Middle East.