“I would call it the weakest right now,” Trump said, adding he viewed Tehran’s demands as unacceptable.
On the economic front, investors will be looking out for the crucial consumer price index scheduled to be released before the opening bell. According to FactSet, the median estimate for April CPI is 3.7% year-over-year.
Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.43%, and the two-year bond was at 3.97%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 97.6% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.
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Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones
-0.04%
S&P 500
-0.38%
Nasdaq 100
-0.73%
Russell 2000
-0.45%
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were lower in premarket on Tuesday. The SPY was down 0.42% at $736.20, while the QQQ declined 0.79% to $707.69.
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