Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market LIVE Updates: Stock futures climb as oil prices drop after Trump hints Iran war could end soon

Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market LIVE Updates: US stock futures edged higher on Tuesday (March 10) as oil prices declined, with traders closely tracking the latest developments related to Iran. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 101 points, or 0.21%. S&P 500 futures climbed 0.18%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.3%. The benchmark US crude fell $7.56 to $87.21 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, dipped $7.54 to $91.42 a barrel. Gold rose as much as 1.1% to near $5,200 an ounce, wiping out a decline in the previous session.

Global shares rebounded today from their sharp declines. France’s CAC 40 added 1.9% in early trading to 54,248.39, while Germany’s DAX surged 2.4% to 23,966.97. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 1.6% to 10,410.08. In Asia, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.9% to finish at 54,248.39 after the government released revised economic data that showed Japan’s economy grew slightly faster than initially estimated in the final quarter of last year, boosted by solid business investments. The economy expanded at an annual pace of 1.3%. The initial estimate was a much weaker 0.2%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.1% to 8,692.60. South Korea’s Kospi jumped 5.4% to 5,532.59. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 2.2% to 25,959.90, while the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.7% to 4,123.14. Share prices have been swinging mostly in tandem with oil prices, which have gyrated as the war has deepened.

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