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Oil prices jump, U.S. stock futures sink on reports of explosions heard in Iran

Crude oil prices jumped and U.S. stock futures sank Thursday night following reports of explosions in a city in western Iran, amid fears of a wider conflict between Israel and Iran. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery at one point jumped more than 4%, read more

How Stocks, Bonds, Oil and Gold Prices Reacted to Israel's Strike, in Charts

Israel retaliated overnight against Iran’s drone and missile attack on its territory, prompting investors to dump stocks and snap up oil, gold and government bond read more

Stock Futures Are Rising After Fed's Powell Dents Rate-Cut Hopes

Stock Futures Rise After Powell Comments Dent Rate-Cut Hopes Further U.S. stock futures rebounded early Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said progress on bringing down inflation stalled, read more

Five reasons why the stock-market’s ‘painful’ pullback may be nearing its end

Lee recognizes that action over the past two week or so has been dour, with the bleeding “part of a painful de-leveraging process” caused by growing disappointment around sticky U.S. inflation — which has pushed Treasury yields to five-month highs — as well as by geopolitical risks. He provided this as pictorial metaphor. read more

Stock market today: Nasdaq 100 leads US futures in gains after AI chipmaker reports strong earnings overnight

Strong earnings results from leading chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., looked set to end the week's downward streak for the Nasdaq 100. read more