Markets tumbled after President Trump said the ceasefire with Iran may be over. Speaking in Turkey at the NATO summit, the president said the U.S. was likely to continue strikes. The Nasdaq Composite, however, managed a 0.2% gain.
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The S&P 500 may not suggest it, but most of the stock market struggled on Wednesday. The Dow was down 577 points or 1.1%. Beyond the blue-chip index, things looked less dire. The S&P fell 0.3% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up 0.
Oil prices jumped 6% while U.S. stocks fell as renewed Middle East conflict threatens crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Dow fell further in morning trading amid a broad sell-off on Wall Street. The blue-chip index was down 1.5%, or 800 points. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were also in the red, trading 0.9% and 0.9%, respectively.
Trump's remarks followed U.S. strikes against Iran on Tuesday, carried out in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
Stocks kicked off Wednesday’s session in the red as the US-Iran peace deal collapsed. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 0.3% while the S&P 500 was 0.5% lower and the Dow fell 476 points or 0.9%, extending Tuesday’s losses that were driven by chip stocks as AI trade fears reignited. The conflict in the Middle East has ramped up with strikes from both sides after Trump confirmed the US-Iran cease-fire is off.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 540 points, while the S&P 500 index declined about 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4%.
July 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said an interim deal aimed at ending the war with Iran was "over," sending oil prices higher and
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US stock prices were falling in Wednesday's premarket session as oil prices jumped after President T
US stocks are expected to extend losses on Wednesday after oil prices spiked following an exchange of strikes between the US and Iran that led to President Donald Trump declaring the ceasefire "over". Dow Jones futures were down 1.1%, with S&P 500 futures pointing to a 0.9% drop, while...
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