Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major stock indexes traded sharply lower Thursday after President Donald Trump threatened Iran with the "most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country." Meanwhile, Walmart (WMT) plunged on the stock market today after the discount retailer's earnings report.
Ahead of Thursday's open, Dow futures dropped 0.7%, as S&P 500 futures declined 0.4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 0.6% in early morning trading.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed to around $88.15 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped four basis points to 4.7%. Bitcoin surged more than 5% to around $71,900.
Among exchange traded funds, the Invesco QQQ (QQQ) was off 0.5%, as the State Street SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) fell 0.4% before Thursday's opening bell.
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Ahead of Thursday's open, Dow futures dropped 0.7%, as S&P 500 futures declined 0.4%. Nasdaq-100 futures lost 0.6% in early morning trading.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed to around $88.15 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield jumped four basis points to 4.7%. Bitcoin surged more than 5% to around $71,900.
Among exchange traded funds, the Invesco QQQ (QQQ) was off 0.5%, as the State Street SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) fell 0.4% before Thursday's opening bell.
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#jones #thursday
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