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The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Friday, Jun, 19 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.8% and Nasdaq-100 futures ahead roughly 1.5%, as investors digest a mix of firm economic data and a tougher tone from global central banks. The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady but signalled that several policymakers still see one more hike by the end of 2026. This means borrowing costs for mortgages, credit cards and...

(Bloomberg) -- Global stocks are ending a strong week on a cautious note as relief over an interim peace deal between the US and Iran gave way to a focus on the significant hurdles that remain to secure a lasting agreement.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranModi Warns of ‘Shortage of Trust’ Ahead of Trump MeetingTrump Blows Through His Iran Red Lines in Justifying Peace DealUS and Iran Delay Nuclear Talks as Lebanon Clashes WorsenUS Tells ASML It’s

Global stocks are drifting, after the peace deal between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad rally the previous session.

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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, the S&P 500 adding more than 1% and the Nasdaq gaining nearly 2%.</p><p>The session began with oil prices sliding to their lowest levels since early March after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement that extends the April ceasefire by another 60 days.</p><p>But Alexander Morris, CEO and chief investment officer at F/m Investments, warns that lower oil prices won't immediately ease other inflationary pressures.</p><p>"Certainly energy prices are set to come down and meaningfully so in the short run. But energy prices have been elevated for a while, and that influences way more than just the cost at the pump. That's the cost of fertilizer for the Northern Hemisphere. All of the plants that needed to be planted and immediately fertilized, they've been in the ground for weeks. So that is now baked into the price of our future soft commodities, grains, corn, soybeans, et cetera. So we're going to see this reverberate."</p><p>Investors on Thursday were still assessing Kevin Warsh's first press conference as Federal Reserve Chair a day earlier, in which he stressed the central bank would keep its focus on price stability but provide less guidance on the path of interest rates.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>:: Intel</p><p>Among individual stock moves, semiconductor companies outperformed the rest of the market, with Intel's shares jumping more than 10.5% to a record high. President Donald Trump said Apple had agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the U.S.&nbsp;</p><p>Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX shed 3.5%, falling for a second straight day. The stock had rallied sharply earlier in the week following last Friday's blockbuster market debut.</p><p>And shares of Kroger tumbled almost 8.5% after the grocer reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and kept its annual forecasts unchanged.</p><p>The U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Friday for the Juneteenth holiday.</p></body>

Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing arm, has opened discussions with potential customers looking to use its custom Trainium chips.

In the closing of the recent trading day, VirTra, Inc. (VTSI) stood at $3.35, denoting a -1.33% move from the preceding trading day.

Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a preliminary agreement on Wednesday in a bid to end the conflict between the two countries.

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In the latest trading session, Valero Energy (VLO) closed at $236.3, marking a -1.45% move from the previous day.