Why are US stock market futures up, and will Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq stay green or turn red again? Futures moved higher after a recent market correction as investors assessed Middle East conflict,

The S&P 500 fell on Monday, weighed down by further gains in oil prices and a steep decline in tech, as traders looked past comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on inflation. The broad-based index dipped 0.

US stock futures edged higher on Monday, even as investors kept a close eye on rising oil prices and bond market moves. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 300 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures surged 0.

Stock futures tumbled after hours on Wednesday, building on earlier losses for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, as crude-oil prices pressed higher.

Stock futures pointed lower Tuesday, a day after major indexes ended sharply higher, as oil prices returned to gains. Meanwhile, the two-day Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates begins today.

Futures traders are betting the spike in energy prices is very temporary.

Members of Iran's Red Crescent society stand near smoke plumes from an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran on Sunday. U.S. stock-market futures plunged on Sunday as crude futures surged above $ ...

By Mike Zuzolo, Global Commodity Analytics & Consulting LLC . The United States and Israel’s move against Iran is threatening the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf. History pr

March 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department could announce measures as soon as Thursday to address rising energy prices, potentially including action in the oil futures market, a senior White House official said. Global oil prices have jumped since ...

Closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off some 20% of global oil supply, forcing Gulf producers to cut output by roughly 10 million barrels/day and shutting some refining capacity. Physical crude prices (e.g., Dubai crude) are trading far above paper ...

Because the close price is critically important to so many traders, the close is also usually the largest single trade of the day. As the data below shows, the close usually accounts for more than 10% of the whole day's trading. In some countries, like Japan and developed countries in Europe, it is much more.