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US STOCKS-Wall St Futures Edge up on Mideast Deal Hopes; Healthcare in Focus

  • U.S. stock futures rose on Monday as crude prices fell following de-escalating Middle East tensions, with investors preparing for a week packed with earnings and economic data.
  • Major stock averages closed Friday near record highs, though July proved difficult amid global concerns over artificial intelligence, interest rates, and geopolitical conflict.
  • Earnings remain the primary focus this week, with roughly 15% of the S&P 500 scheduled to report, including McDonald's, Walt Disney, and Palantir Technologies Inc.
  • Verdence Capital Advisors Chief Investment Officer Megan Horneman warned Friday that investors lack appetite for mounting AI-related spending "without any clear insight" into earnings growth.
  • Labor market data will dominate the upcoming schedule, culminating with the closely watched monthly jobs report on Friday, the week's most consequential economic release.
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The main indices of the New York Stock Exchanges opened up this Wednesday, focusing on the balance-sheet season, while investors evaluate economic data and speeches from Federal Reserve (Fed) authorities. The developments in the Middle East follow in the radar, with advance in the oil prices after the increase of tensions in the Red Sea, despite reports that an agreement between the United States and Iran could be close. At around 10:30 a.m. (fr…

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