{"id":84956,"date":"2026-04-27T09:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/sp-500-nasdaq-dow-futures-falter-ahead-of-pivotal-week-on-report-of-iran-offer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:14:23","slug":"sp-500-nasdaq-dow-futures-falter-ahead-of-pivotal-week-on-report-of-iran-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/sp-500-nasdaq-dow-futures-falter-ahead-of-pivotal-week-on-report-of-iran-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;P 500, Nasdaq, Dow futures falter ahead of pivotal week on report of Iran offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->US stock futures stalled on Monday as investors assessed a report that Iran has put forward a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ahead of a high-stakes week for markets packed with Big Tech earnings.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Contracts on the S&amp;P 500 (ES=F) and the Nasdaq (NQ=F) were broadly flat, after closing out last week at record highs. Meanwhile, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) fell roughly 0.2%.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Iran has put forward a new proposal to lift its blockade of the key Hormuz waterway and end the war, but would push nuclear negotiations to a later date, Axios reported.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Fears over inflationary pressures have buffeted markets, given restrictions on global oil and other supply flows threatens to push up prices across a wide range of industries. Efforts to resume peace talks hit the buffers at the weekend, with both sides pulling back.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Crude prices rose over 2%, with Brent crude futures (BZ=F) retaking $100 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) topping $96 at last check.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Markets now turn to a pivotal stretch on the calendar. Quarterly results from five of the \u201cMagnificent Seven\u201d megacaps are due this week, and their earnings performance could test the resilience shown by stocks amid the Iran war.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->This week also brings a policy decision from the Federal Reserve. The meeting is expected to be the penultimate one chaired by Jerome Powell before leadership transitions to Kevin Warsh.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caas-live-blog-section-badge isLive yf-1akp1w0\">LIVE<\/span> <span class=\"caas-live-blog-section-badge-count yf-1akp1w0\">1 update<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"liveblog-posts yf-1akp1w0\">\n<ul class=\"liveblog-list yf-1akp1w0\" data-testid=\"blog-posts\">\n<li class=\"caas-liveblogpost yf-scznry\" id=\"75557980-7378-4a60-869a-963d1f245e82\" data-testid=\"blog-post\">\n<div class=\"liveblogposts-post yf-scznry\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper no-pfp with-author-name yf-scznry\">\n<div class=\"content-body yf-scznry\">\n<div class=\"content-block no-pfp with-author-name yf-scznry\">\n<h2 class=\"headline yf-scznry\">Goldman hikes oil forecasts again as \u2018Hormuz shock\u2019 builds<\/h2>\n<div class=\"body yf-scznry\">\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Bloomberg reports:<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted oil-price forecasts as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz spurs \u201cextreme\u201d inventory draws.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Brent is set to average $90 a barrel in the fourth quarter, up from a previous outlook for $80, analysts including Daan Struyven and Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby said in an April 27 note. The figure for that period is now \u201cnearly $30 higher than before the Hormuz shock,\u201d they said, adding to recent revisions.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cWe estimate that 14.5 million barrels a day of Persian Gulf crude production losses are driving global oil inventories to draw at a record 11 to 12 million barrel-a-day pace in April,\u201d they said. 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