https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/stock-market-today-live-updates.html
Stock futures tumbled Sunday night as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated over the weekend with the seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
shed 452 points, or 0.9%. S&P 500 futures
lost 0.8%, while Nasdaq-100 futures
pulled back by 0.6%.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. had fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. This comes after Iran declined to join another round of peace talks in Pakistan planned by the U.S.
The Iranian ship “is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board,” Trump said in Truth Social post.
Trump also threatened to blow up all power plants and bridges in Iran if the country didn’t agree to a deal with the U.S. A ceasefire between the two countries will expire this week.
Crude prices surged in early trading. West Texas Intermediate futures popped 8% to $90.54 per barrel. International Brent advanced 6% to $96.50.
Wall Street is coming off a winning week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite climbing to all-time highs following a ceasefire between Iran and Lebanon. At the time, Iran had declared that the Strait of Hormuz was reopened, though by Saturday vessel traffic through that key shipping lane was restricted again, with state media saying the U.S. “did not fulfill their obligations.”
Trump has reiterated that the U.S. blockade of the strait would remain in place until Iran agreed to U.S. demands, despite the Iranian declarations.
The S&P 500 last week gained 4.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite popped 7.2%. The latter also posted on Friday its 13th consecutive winning session, matching a streak not seen since 1992.
“After the Nasdaq has rallied for 13 days in a row on hopes for a deal, we ended the week very overbought on a short term basis. And now the situation with Iran is gotten even more complicated and uncertain on when this conflict will end and when the Strait will fully reopen without fear of attack,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners, told CNBC in an email.
Dow futures drop 400 points as Iranian war tensions escalate
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Posted by BogleDick
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Buy the dip, as usual
Nip the Dip
It will go down .05% tomorrow, then be green the rest of the week
All I know is the market only goes up so we’re good
Will panic sell on Monday then buy in at all time highs.
Big rip little dip…
I know it won’t stay down forever but the oil crisis is bound to affect some companies. Though maybe due to inflation the overall market will continue to skyrocket
So it drops until Trump’s next market manipulation?
If the markets were gonna change direction, it wouldnt be 400 points
Why orange cheeto man always so angry?!?
Index should Rebound at London open like the last correction ?
Oil up 7% lol
It’s actually insane that this happens every single week and everyone knows it’s a scam, but it just keeps happening over and over.
Spy will retest 700, maybe quick dip below for a bear trap then resume higher, markets are looking past Iran news now and would need a larger escalation to care
man my oil stocks are gonna moon but everything else is about to get wrecked, this whole strait situation is making everything so volatile.
Trump out here doing almost everything he can think of to try to convince people not to invest in the US
But people are throwing money in anyway
Blind faith that the government will just keep printing more money no matter what
Guacamole is back on the menu, boys!
I knew oil dipped a little too low last week.
Thought they might have made enough money and moved on manipulating but clearly not.
Back up it goes.
Calls
Here is a thought. Maybe we end up trading sideways for a while and watch earnings reports and forecasts. Personally, I am not holding my breath with earnings forecasts except for energy.
The math is mathing. Strait open: +1,000. Strait closed: -400. Net: +600. In 10 weeks, the market hits +6k.
Man I’m getting a bit fed up of this, can we move on to the next thing now?
Watch it turn green after close
-400 is just the prelude. Check back in 8 hours.
The US (PPT) keeps trying to pump the markets and reduce oil however. ….
Oil should be sitting at $150+ per barrel now. Oil isn’t moving!
Only reason why so low is thy
Eybare messing with price using futures! Same goes for gold, silver, and any other precious materials.
Soon the music stops and thr US will have lost it.
Can not wait foe the day.
Pump markets to lose 50-70% and we arr still where they were in 2020 covid 🤷♀️
People will not be bothered as much
This is exactly why Trump announced the “positive” news on Friday after the markets closed. It’s the biggest scam in history and republicans in Congress aren’t going to investigate because they’re in on it as well.
But, but… I was told on Friday in Reddit investing subs how crazy I was for saying the Iranian foreign minister had no idea what he’s talking about saying the strait was open
It’s ok. After dropping 15%, the screwballs will be back in and doing victory laps that were back up 3%
2 more years of this. “The presidency is supposed to age the president, not the people.”–Jon Stewart, 4 days ago.
I hope it goes to 3k
I’m tired, boss.
6388 here we come.
Less than 1% is tumbling? Ha ha ha.