“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield,” Ghalibaf, who is also Iran’s top negotiator, added.<\/p>\n
This comes after President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0on Monday said “lots of bombs [will] start going off” if no deal is reached before a shaky\u00a0ceasefire<\/a>\u00a0with Tehran expires Tuesday evening, threatening Iran<\/a>\u00a0with overwhelming military force.<\/p>\n The threats come even as a U.S. delegation prepared to return to Pakistan for a potential second round of peace talks.<\/p>\n Investors remain bullish<\/a>\u00a0on the broader picture ahead for equities. Ohsung Kwon, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo, said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime<\/a>” on Monday afternoon. “I think the economy is going to be fine for the next three months.”<\/p>\n West Texas Intermediate<\/a> futures for May delivery was 1.72% lower at $88.07 per barrel as of 8:00 p.m. ET. Brent crude<\/a> futures for June delivery fell 1.02% $94.51 per barrel. <\/p>\n South Korea’s Kospi advanced 1.58% while the small-cap Kosdaq added 0.90%. Japan’s\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0gained 0.52%, while the Topix was marginally higher. Australia’s S&P\/ASX 200 rose 0.20%. <\/p>\n Hong Kong Hang Seng index<\/a> futures were at 26,494, higher than the index’s last close of 26,361,07.<\/p>\n Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Overnight on Wall Street, S&P 500 futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Nasdaq 100 futures<\/a>\u00a0added 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively.\u00a0Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0rose by 70 points, or 0.2%.<\/p>\n During Monday’s regular session, the\u00a0S&P 500<\/a>\u00a0shed 0.24% to close at 7,109.14, while the\u00a0Nasdaq Composite<\/a>\u00a0declined 0.26% to finish at 24,404.39, with the latter snapping its 13-day winning streak \u2014 its longest positive streak since 1992. The\u00a0Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0lost 4.87 points, or 0.01%, settling at 49,442.56.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger<\/a>, Lisa Kailai Han<\/a>, Sean Conlon<\/a> and Fred Imbert<\/a> contributed to this report.<\/p>\n![\"hide](\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\")
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