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Equity Alert: US futures dn 1% as Trump threatens to hit Iran "extremely hard"

 

MUMBAI--0747 IST--US equity futures fell nearly 1% from its intraday high as Brent crude crossed $105 per barrel again after US President Donald Trump threated to attack Iran's energy infrastructure if Iran did not strike a deal. In a speech, Trump said he would attack Iran "extremely hard" over the next two-three weeks. 

 

All major Wall Street indices were up Wednesday after Trump had signalled that the war with Iran might be nearing its end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had closed higher for the third straight session, while the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 ended with gains for the second straight session.

 

The Nasdaq outperformed its peers to end nearly 1.2% higher Wednesday. Technology giants Alphabet, Tesla supported the index. Intel Corp ended almost 9% higher after the company said it would buy 49% stake in Apollo Global Management for $14.2 billion. Meanwhile, almost all key S&P 500 sectoral indices closed with gains, barring the energy-linked indices.

 

However, Trump's latest speech has hit sentiment and US futures suggest the market may open lower on Thursday. "Everybody's trying to guess as to what he (Donald Trump) really means by what he's saying. The markets want it to be positive, they want the war to be over," Thomas Martin, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments, told Reuters.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Wednesday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	46565.74	0.48
NASDAQ Composite	21840.947	1.16
Dow Jones Industrial Average	6575.32	0.72

 

(Ruchira Kagita)

 

US$1 = INR 94.83

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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