Key insights
- Stock futures are up amid optimism about a potential end to the U.S.-Iran war. Trump's address later today is a key event. Lower oil prices and a Bitcoin recovery add to the positive sentiment. The market is reacting positively to the reduced geopolitical risk, at least in the short term.
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Stock futures rose on Wednesday, while oil prices declined to start the month, as hope grew that an end to the U.S.-Iran war was on the horizon.
Futures linked to the S&P 500 were last up 0.8%, and Nasdaq 100 futures
gained 1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
added 371 points, or 0.8%.
Tuesday’s broad market rally lifted bitcoin
into positive territory to close out March trading.
The flagship cryptocurrency rose 2% on Tuesday to end the month up 1.43% at $67,802.36, per Coin Metrics. That was bitcoin’s first positive month in six. However, it still ended the first quarter down 22.36%, marking its second straight quarterly decline and its first back-to-back drop since 2022.
Investors will get more clues on the path forward for the U.S.-Iran war Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET, with Trump set to deliver an address “to the nation to provide an important update.”