Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 15, 2026 in New York City.
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Stock futures rose modestly early Monday as investors factored in a cessation of hostilities between the United States and Iran, but uncertainty over the durability of the deal kept concerns over Middle East oil supplies in focus.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures It rose by 141 points (0.25%). S&P500 futures Although it increased by 0.58%, Nasdaq 100 futures It increased by 0.92%.
European stock markets started a new trading week in a mixed region with pan-European countries Stocks 600 Early trades are hovering around the flatline.
In Frankfurt, Germany, dachshund Italy rose 0.2%. FTSE MIB In Milan, prices rose 0.4%. In London, England, FTSE100 In Paris, it fell more than 0.2%. CAC40 It was down 0.2%.
Asian markets ended mostly higher, with major benchmarks rebounding from an opening slide following recent developments in the Middle East.
Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.15% to close at 69,468.11, while South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.2% to 8,394.65.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1.82% in the last hour of trading, while the mainland’s CSI300 index rose 1.21% to 4,926.92. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.68% to 8,823.40.
The United States and Iran agreed on Sunday to suspend hostilities and allow commercial ships to freely pass through the Strait of Hormuz, following a weekend of military exchanges that threatened to derail negotiations aimed at ending the conflict.
A U.S. official told CNBC on Sunday that “technical discussions will continue on all areas under the memorandum of understanding.” “For the time being, both sides have stopped and ships can sail freely.”
The United States struck Iranian military targets over the weekend in retaliation for Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump then threatened to annihilate Iran in a post on Truth Social: “US aircraft just attacked Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar facilities in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Again!”
Oil prices rose earlier in the week as traders assessed whether a pause in fighting would hold and ease concerns about disruptions to energy supplies. international brent oil The price rose 0.67% to $72.47 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate Futures It rose 1.2% to $70.06.
Wall Street is coming off a mixed week that featured rotation from tech stocks to other sectors.
of S&P500 and Nasdaq Composite They fell nearly 2% and 4.6%, respectively, while Nvidia and Alphabet each fell more than 8%. Metaplatforms, Apple and Amazon also fell more than 4% each, while SpaceX fell 17%.
of DowCompanies with less exposure to technology bucked the negative trend and rose 0.6%. Merck and Johnson & Johnson led gains in the 30-stock benchmark last week, rising 13% and 11.5%, respectively.
“Investors appear to be experiencing AI fatigue,” wrote Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research. “They wonder whether hyperscalers’ massive spending on AI infrastructure will pay off.…They worry that new technologies will rapidly make current technologies obsolete in a process known as ‘creative destruction.’”
June trading ends this week. As of Friday’s close, the S&P 500 was down 3% for the month, and the Nasdaq was down more than 6%. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 1%.
