US stock market jumps as Dow rallies 500 points as investors grow hopeful that the Israel-Iran conflict may stay contained. After a tense weekend of strikes and retaliation, a Wall Street Journal report hinted that Iran may be open to talks if the U.

While Wall Street futures signal a tentative recovery, markets remain hostage to geopolitical developments in the Middle East. Any fresh escalation — particularly around energy supply routes like the Strait of Hormuz — could reignite volatility and keep global investors on edge throughout the week.

Stock index futures fell on Thursday, as geopolitics and trade tensions stayed in the limelight, while investors awaited the wholesale inflation data. S&P 500 futures (SPX) -0.5%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) -0.

Brent crude rose as much as 5.5% in early Asian trading after Israel and Iran continued attacks on one another’s territories over the weekend.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are heading for weekly wins after inflation data and tech strength boosted confidence, but the Dow is weighed down

U.S. stocks on Thursday seesawed, after a soft producer inflation report, geopolitical risks and trade tensions.

took the opportunity to de-risk and take a little off the top. This erased the week’s gains and snapped the Dow’s four-day winning streak. The University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer ...

Oil futures held onto most of yesterday's gains despite some early profit-taking amid high Middle East risk perception ... wellhead-to-water business. (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 12, 2025 ...

Of course, national governments have several decades (and centuries in the U.K.’s case for example) of experience collecting geopolitical intelligence, assessing it, strategizing based on it, and ultimately taking actions to capitalize rather than be negatively impacted by the risk.