{"id":195209,"date":"2026-07-08T00:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/195209\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T00:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T00:25:14","slug":"stock-market-today-sp-500-nasdaq-dow-futures-trade-flat-with-iran-and-the-fed-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/195209\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow futures trade flat with Iran and the Fed in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US stock futures slipped as traders weighed developments in the US-Iran war against the outlook for Federal Reserve policy. <\/p>\n

Futures tied to the Dow (YM=F<\/a>), the S&P 500 (ES=F<\/a>) and the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F<\/a>) each wavered below the flatline. <\/p>\n

During Tuesday’s session<\/a>, the Dow (^DJI<\/a>) dropped more than 100 points after briefly reaching a record intraday high. The S&P 500 (^GSPC<\/a>) fell 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC<\/a>) lost 1.2%, with semiconductor stocks leading the decline<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Markets are digesting a sharp escalation in Iran tensions after American forces carried out a “series of powerful strikes<\/a>” against Iran late Tuesday in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n

Energy markets have been shaken after the Treasury revoked a license that had allowed Iran to export oil globally, adding to concerns over potential supply disruptions<\/a>. Crude prices climbed more than 2%, with West Texas Intermediate (CL=F<\/a>) trading above $72 a barrel and Brent (BZ=F<\/a>) jumped over 3% to trade at 74$. <\/p>\n

SpaceX stock dropped below its IPO price<\/a> after inclusion into the Nasdaq allowed early investors to offload shares to funds. However, institutional funds still hold bullish opinions after initiating coverage. JPMorgan Chase has set a price target of $225 with Morgan Stanley setting a Street-high $300 target. <\/p>\n

Attention now shifts to Wednesday afternoon’s release of minutes from the Fed’s June meeting. Investors will parse the document for clues about policymakers’ thinking<\/a> after the Fed held interest rates steady at Chairman Kevin Warsh’s first meeting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US stock futures slipped as traders weighed developments in the US-Iran war against the outlook for Federal Reserve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[2613,7620,34,258,572,10733,259],"class_list":["post-195209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-dow","tag-federal-reserve","tag-iran","tag-nasdaq-100","tag-nasdaq-composite","tag-sp-500","tag-us-stock-futures"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116881517673912101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}