Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide amid inflation worries as Iran war sends oil surging
Yahoo Finance·2026-03-18 22:50
US stocks were poised to build on losses on Thursday as oil prices spiked amid strikes on key Middle East energy hubs, stoking already intense inflation concerns on Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) fell 0.4%, coming off a bruising session that dragged the blue-chip benchmark to its lowest close this year. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) declined 0.4% and 0.5%, respectively. Brent (BZ=F) crude futures surged as much as 10% to as high as $119 a barrel after Ir ...