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US stocks are set to rebound on Thursday after Wall Street suffered a sharp sell-off following the first meeting of a new Federal Reserve regime, with investors taking comfort from signs of a de-escalation in the Middle East. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 have risen 1.3%, while the S&P 500...
Warsh's first Fed day is the worst for a new chair since 1994. Trump wanted cuts. He got a rate hike threat.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell from record highs Wednesday as markets reacted to the Federal
Stocks fell to session lows after Kevin Warsh wrapped up his first press conference as Fed chairman. The Dow fell 410 points, or 0.8%. The S&P 500 fell 1.1%. The Nasdaq dropped 1%. Warsh signalled big changes could be coming to how the central bank communicates, but he mostly said changes will be made after convening various task forces.
Stocks were lower again as Kevin Warsh didn’t seem particularly interested in the market’s reaction to his first press conference as Fed chairman. “This is a lot of change for financial markets to digest,” Warsh said, referring to efforts to reshape the central bank. Warsh said he plans to form task forces to better deliver on the Fed’s goals.
Fed policymakers now see no interest rate cuts in 2026 after previously projecting one cut for this year back in March. Officials estimate their target range for the federal-funds rate will be 3.8% at the end of 2026, unchanged from its current level, according to the so-called "dot plot" from the Fed's latest Summary of Economic Projections released Wednesday. Notably, nine officials projected the Fed’s benchmark interest rate to be higher than it is today by the end of the year.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index wavered Wednesday ahead of the Fed's decision and Fed Chair Warsh's comments. SpaceX stock rallied.
Oil prices dropped below $80 a barrel Tuesday on optimism over the promised reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, easing inflation pressures on global economies even though traders are eyeing the risk of Iranian "service fees" on ships transiting the strait.Oil hit a three-month low as Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, dropped 4.0 percent to $79.87 a barrel, dipping below $80 for the first time since early March, before edging back up to $80.52.
Oil prices dropped towards $80 a barrel and stocks rallied on Monday after Washington and Iran reached a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending a wave of relief through global markets.The strait, through which roughly 20 percent of the world's crude oil supply normally transits, was effectively closed by Tehran after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, sending energy prices soaring.
Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures rose sharply on Monday after Washington and Tehran confirmed they had reached a preliminary peace agreement aimed at ending their conflict and reopening key Middle Eastern shipping routes.
While interest rates are widely expected to remain unchanged, Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) appear set to make a subtle yet powerful monetary policy change.
Wall Street snapped a three-day losing streak on Thursday, but the rally lost steam by midday. Hot inflation data and Middle East tensions are keeping investors cautious ahead of SpaceX's historic IPO.
Shares are mostly lower in Asia following another sell-off of artificial-intelligence stocks that dragged the U.S. market sharply lower. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices gained more than $1 a barrel.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Wednesday, with the Dow dropping almost 1.9%, the S&P 500 shedding 1.6% and the Nasdaq falling nearly 2%.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Renewed tensions in the Middle East added to investor uncertainty, with President Donald Trump saying the U.S. would attack Iran again "very hard" following a significant exchange of fire overnight.</p><p>Chip makers continued to drag on the market, extending their recent declines. Shares of Nvidia lost more than 3.5%, while Broadcom dropped more than 5%.</p><p>Gina Martin Adams is chief market strategist at HB Wealth.</p><p>"We've had a pretty tough go for the last few days in the equity market, really starting in the middle of last week. We started to see a little bit of rotation out of technology stocks as the earnings season is finally finished. That was clearly the big catalyst for gains. Now we're starting to see markets react a little bit to friction that has reemerged in the Middle East. So you've got two different influences on the equity market right now. Investors are rotating out of tech after the enormous run that it had had since the end of March, and Middle East tensions, which are flaring up again."</p><p>:: Oracle</p><p>In other tech names, shares of Oracle, down more than 2% at the close, dropped further in extended trading after </p><p>the company reported quarterly revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations. Its results came amid concerns about Oracle's spending and AI-driven disruption to traditional software demand. The company also said it expects to raise nearly $40 billion through a combination of debt and equity financing in fiscal 2027.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Shares of Super Micro Computer nosedived 28% after the company announced plans to raise $7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked transactions to fund component purchases for its growing AI server demand.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>And shares of trucking companies dipped after Amazon announced an expansion of its freight services, with shares of J.B. Hunt, XPO and Old Dominion all suffering losses.</p><p>Meanwhile, data from the Labor Department showed U.S. consumer prices increased 4.2% in the 12 months through May, the largest gain since April of 2023.</p><p>While the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at its policy meeting next week, investors are now pricing in at least one rate hike by the end of the year.</p></body>
AI hardware shares slide as investors digest Super Micro’s massive stock sale, hot inflation, and rising tensions in the Gulf, today, June 10, 2026.
Why did stocks sell off after a promising start? Rising energy prices and a presidential threat changed the market's mood.
Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, the fastest pace since 2023, as energy costs driven by the U.S.-Iran conflict surged
Trump stated in a post on Truth Social that Iran has been completely defeated and that the country is all talk and no action.
Nasdaq futures dropped more than 1% as Trump threatened further action against Iran and economists expected inflation to cross a key threshold
US stock futures fell in the wait for
US stock futures traded mixed amid reports that the US struck Iran after President Trump said the country had downed a US Apache helicopter.
US stock futures traded mixed amid reports that the US struck Iran after President Trump said the country had downed a US Apache helicopter.
Dow Jones AI giant Nvidia stock tumbled to a key support level during Tuesday's stock market sell-off. A decisive bounce would be bullish.
Traders fleeing Friday's selloff took refuge in companies like Kleenex-maker Kimberly-Clark. On Tuesday, they're piling into peanut butter and home-improvement supplies. Shares in Home Depot were recently the Dow's best performers, while Jif-maker J.
World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, with tech shares leading gains after Wall Street recovered some of its sell-off from last week. Oil prices fell back after surging on Monday as fighting flared between Israel and Iran, threatening to pull the region back into full-scale war. SK Hynix, which on Monday announced plans to partner with Nvidia in building data centers, jumped 15.9%.
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