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US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.
US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.
US stock futures rose as Wall Street awaited April's inflation report, which is expected to provide clues about how the war in Iran is affecting the economy and where Federal Reserve interest rates may be headed.
Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil climbed 2.9% to top $104 Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was on life support after he rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end their war. The Dow rose 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.1% to its own record.
Global stock markets diverged while oil prices rose on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's terms for ending the war in the Middle East.Beijing has said it is ready to work with Washington in pursuit of "more stability" as the two countries remain at odds over key issues including trade tariffs, the Middle East war and Taiwan.
Stocks are inching lower on Monday in anticipation of a pivotal week, with data on inflation and retail sales. The Dow was down 68 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 was down 0.1%. Markets are awaiting an update on prices, especially gasoline when the consumer price index is released Tuesday morning.
US equity investors will look out for consumer price inflation as hopes diminish for a return to Ira
Trump's China trip and the April inflation report will be the week's two biggest developments for investors.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended the week higher on Friday...</p><p>and although the Dow was little changed, the S&P 500 gained more than eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbed 1.7%, catapulting both indexes to more record high closes.</p><p>Credit strong company earnings and a resilient economy, says Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"It's really kind of the soft landing of all soft landings. You're wrapping up one of the best earnings seasons we've seen in some time. One of the best non-recession recovery earnings seasons ever. You've got positive headlines about the war in Iran and the move towards a ceasefire there, particularly ahead of, you know, Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping. You have a great jobs report. So signs that the, you know, the economy outside of the AI sector is still holding in pretty well. [FLASH] Now, that doesn't mean there isn't a big tail risk out there if the war in Iran kind of reverses or escalates for whatever reason. But barring that, it is very hard to see a reason that this market doesn't melt up into the summer and really into year end."</p><p>High-flying chip stocks had another stellar session, with shares of Intel gaining 14% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company reached a preliminary deal to make some chips for Apple devices. Shares of Apple added 2%.</p><p>Shares of Micron Technology and Sandisk spiked more than 15% and 16%, respectively, lifted by strong demand from the rapid buildout of AI data centers.</p><p>:: Cloudflare</p><p>Still, other tech stocks didn't fare as well, with Cloudflare plunging more than 23% after the cloud services company said it would cut about 20% of its workforce, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 11% after the cloud infrastructure technology company raised the lower end of its annual capital expenditure forecast, citing a rise in component costs.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Expedia dropped more than 9% after the online travel platform flagged that the conflict in the Middle East was hurting demand.</p></body>
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.7% to its own record. Monster Beverage and Akamai Technologies helped lead the market after reporting better profits for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The Nasdaq composite rose 440.88 points, or 1.7%, to 26,247.08.
News Corporation posts fiscal Q3 earnings and revenue growth, fueled by gains in Dow Jones, digital real estate and book publishing.
Toyota Motor stock was falling after earnings, but Tesla isn’t really a car company anymore—and its shares are rising. Toyota Motor reported fiscal year 2026 earnings and provided an outlook for fiscal year 2027. Tesla stock didn’t seem to be affected, but Toyota investors reacted with caution.
8am: Futures point higher US stocks are set for a positive open on Friday, with futures pointing higher as Wall Street looks ahead to April's non-farm payrolls report, even as tensions in the Middle East flared overnight. Nasdaq futures are up 0.7%, S&P 500 futures have gained 0.5%,...
FEATURE There was car news on Friday, just not from Tesla Toyota Motor reported fiscal year 2026 earnings and provided an outlook for fiscal year 2027. It’s ho-hum. Tesla stock didn’t seem to be affected, but Toyota investors reacted with caution.
Dow Jones futures: President Donald Trump says a U.S.-Iran ceasefire is intact despite clashes. Rocket Lab, Cloudflare and IREN are big earnings movers.
Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.
World shares retreated and oil prices fell back Friday as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities. Investors are closely watching the war situation as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war make limited progress.
Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.
Whirlpool reported a first-quarter per share loss of 56 cents from sales of $3.3 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of 38 cents from sales of $3.4 billion.
Iran deal doubts hit stocks Thursday, but Nvidia, Tesla were strong. CoreWeave, Rocket Lab, Cloudflare were earnings movers late. The jobs report is on deck.
