Stock market today: live updates

Stock -end contracts increased before the session on Monday while climbing the conflict between Israel and Iran has caused oil prices and raised investors’ concerns concerning the global economy.

Industrial average Dow Jones Tower contracts increased by 9 points, or 0.02%. Future S&P 500 added 0.14%, while Nasdaq 100 Futres increased by 0.19%.

Raw oil wti The term contracts increased by 3% on Sunday evening while exchanges began at more than $ 75 per barrel.

The merchants looked closely at the Middle East after the Israel strike on Iran last week. Iran has launched missiles in retaliation, increasing the gravity of conflicts in the region.

This caused a sale in shares on Friday, the DOW tightening more than 700 points during the session. The three main indices fell by more than 1% on the day of negotiation. Friday’s drops pulled the three indices in red territory for the week. The DOW ended the week down 1.3%, while the composite S&P 500 and NASDAQ lost 0.4%and 0.6%, respectively.

Oil prices jumped after the attack on Israel. Gold prices have also rallied, because metal is considered to be an exchange of shelters for which investors flock during the market volatility.

The attacks continued throughout the weekend, the two countries aimed at the energy facilities of each other, an escalation that could trace the world economy and the markets more during the new week. Iran said it plans to close the Hormuz Strait, a key route for the world oil market.

“Strikes have been the largest attack on Iranian territory since the 1980s,” wrote ED Mills, analyst of Washington policies by Raymond James, in a note. “The risks of regional climbing are increased; the extent to which hostilities could spread is probably subject to the extent of Russian and Russian impacts in the weeks and days to come.”

Investors will monitor data in the manufacturing survey due on Monday morning, which get on Wednesday on the rate decision interested in the federal reserve. The term contracts on federal funds are prices in a probability of almost 97% of the maintenance rates of the central bank unchanged, according to the Fedwatch tool of CME, even if President Donald Trump has put pressure on the Fed chief, Jerome Powell, for a drop in rate. The higher oil prices of the Middle East conflict probably reduce the chances that the Fed will facilitate monetary policy of any time.