Stock Futures Rise, Gold Surges and Oil Falls After Venezuela Operation

Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were flat. S&P 500 futures were up 0.2%, and contracts tied to the Nasdaq added 0.6%, putting the tech-heavy index on course to snap a five-day losing streak. Gold futures rose 2.5% to $4,440 an ounce and silver futures jumped 6.5% to $75.60 an ounce following Saturday's attack on Venezuela. Wall Street is worried that the raid could upend the long-standing global order and make it easier for China and Russia to justify sovereignty violations of their own. S ...