Merchants work on the ground of the New York Inventory Trade throughout morning buying and selling on July 17, 2026 in New York Metropolis.
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Inventory futures had been largely unchanged on Sunday after the three main averages posted weekly losses.
S&P 500 futures traded down 0.1%, whereas Nasdaq-100 futures traded across the flatline. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Common had been decrease by 84 factors, or 0.2%.
The three main U.S. indexes closed within the crimson final week, as stress on chip shares weighed on sentiment. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6%, whereas the Nasdaq Composite sank 2.9%, and the 30-stock Dow misplaced 0.9%. Moreover, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) noticed its third weekly decline in 4 weeks, dropping almost 9%.
Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG, believes there could also be much more declines in retailer for semiconductors from right here.
“They might actually bounce right here within the brief time period, however we do not see indicators of form of that actual massive washout that you simply’re searching for,” he informed CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Extra time” Friday. “It is most likely too quickly should you simply take into consideration two weeks in the past, actually, we had document volumes on the upside for names like Micron and the like, so I believe it is most likely untimely to search for a backside there.”
Asia-Pacific markets traded blended early Monday, amid considerations over escalating tensions within the Center East. The Kospi dropped 0.74% at open, whereas the small-cap Kosdaq declined 1.66%. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was 0.34% increased. Japanese markets are closed for a vacation.
Merchants continued to watch the battle within the Center East, with tensions between the U.S. and Iran ramping up over the weekend.
The U.S. army started a ninth consecutive evening of strikes in opposition to Iran on Sunday, extending a marketing campaign aimed toward destroying Tehran’s potential to assault industrial delivery within the Strait of Hormuz. The escalation in hostilities positioned rising pressure on the delicate truce between the 2 nations.
The U.S. Central Command stated a 3rd service member had been killed through the latest combating. American forces additionally “discovered unidentified stays” close to the positioning of an Iranian assault in Jordan on July 17 that noticed two killed, Centcom stated. The U.S. is working to establish the stays.
Oil futures rose following the developments. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures had been final up 3% to commerce above $85 per barrel, whereas worldwide benchmark Brent crude futures gained 3% to above $91 a barrel.
Merchants are additionally awaiting the newest batch of earnings set to drop this week. “Magnificent Seven” members Alphabet and Tesla are amongst these to report, doing so after the bell on Wednesday. Intel — which recorded a 13% drop final week amid the drawdown in chip costs — is slated to launch on Thursday.

