U.S. stock futures slumped Friday after Israel carried out a large-scale airstrike on Iran, escalating geopolitical risks, sending oil prices soaring and threatening global growth.
At 05:45 ET (09:45 GMT), Dow Jones Futures slid 500 points, or 1.2%, S&P 500 Futures fell 70 points, or 1.2%, and Nasdaq 100 Futures plunged 315 points, or 1.4%.
The main Wall Street indices all closed marginally higher on Thursday, with the broad-based S&P 500 index creeping closer to the all-time high reached in February, being less than 2% off that level.
Global stocks have posted an near-continuous rally since early April, with traders largely hoping that President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda may not be as aggressive as originally thought.
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