14 Aug '26 at 6:07 am #98590
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Ahead of Open
S&P futures vs fair value: +2.50.
Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +62.00.
WTI crude oil up 0.5% to $81.64
Iran threatened more ships again – this time being UAE oil vessels.
Gold up 0.3% to $4,362 USD lags
USD/JPY -0.2% near 159.00
US 10-year yields up 0.3 bps to 4.645%
Bitcoin down 0.8% to $62,829
Nikkei +0.60%.
Hang Seng -1.10%.
S&P/ASX 200 Index -0.8%, the bourse ended the week 1.7 per cent lower, after a 3.3 per cent decline in BHP to $61.35 dragged the index down as traders pared back holdings ahead of its result next week.
Alcoa dropped 3.2 per cent to $49.59 after signing a 10-year gas deal with Equus Energy at a cost of $1.5 billion. Equus dropped 6.3 per cent to $1.05.