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* Futures up: Dow 1.01%, S&P 500 1.27%, Nasdaq 2.1%
June 15 (Reuters) - Futures tracking Wall Street's main
indexes jumped more than 1% each on Monday as investors cheered
a preliminary pact struck between the U.S. and Iran to end the
more than three-month conflict and reopen the strategic Strait
of Hormuz.
The framework for a deal, however, did not address sticking
issues such as Iran's nuclear program and the conflict between
Lebanon and Israel. The agreement is expected to be officially
signed on Friday in Switzerland.
Crude prices tumbled over 4% to their lowest since March
following the news and are likely to put the focus on energy
price-sensitive airlines and cruise stocks later in the day,
such as Delta and Norwegian Cruise, along with
energy companies such as Occidental and Exxon.
"If the overnight news of a deal between the U.S. and Iran
proves to be credible and lasting, this should be taken as a
positive, whereas setbacks will likely be taken as less of a
negative by risk assets," said Max Kettner, chief multi-asset
strategist at HSBC Global Investment Research.
Analysts caution that Brent crude prices could hover
around $80 a barrel despite the resolution, as energy flows
resume through the Strait and Middle Eastern countries restore
damaged infrastructure.
Data from last week indicated that higher energy costs were
filtering into consumer inflation, sharpening the focus on the
Federal Reserve's outlook at the monetary policy meeting later
this week.
The yield on the benchmark 2-year Treasury note,
reflecting interest rate expectations, slipped by 7 basis points
to a two-week low.
The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged later
this week; however, traders still expect the central bank to
hike borrowing costs by at least 25 bps by year-end, according
to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
At 04:03 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 519 points, or
1.01%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 94.5 points, or 1.27%,
and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 622 points, or 2.1%.
SpaceX's shares rose 6% in premarket trading after the Elon
Musk-led company ended at $160.95 per share at its debut from an
IPO price of $135.
A collective sigh of relief swept across Wall Street after
trading in SpaceX's landmark Nasdaq launch went smoothly,
setting a new template for the trading firms and exchanges
bracing for the giant IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic later this
year.
All three indexes ended the week higher despite AI shares
coming under pressure early in the week. Analysts pointed to the
tech sector's sensitivity to higher interest rates and to
potential positioning ahead of the highly anticipated SpaceX IPO
as the drivers of the sell-off.
Attention this week will turn to Fed chair Kevin Warsh's
first meeting at the helm, with investors gauging his
communication style and looking to economic and interest rate
projections for hints on the interest rate path.
Among other early movers, Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) shares
gained 5.8% after the U.S. Justice Department cleared the
company's acquisition of Warner Bros.