{"id":23185,"date":"2024-04-15T06:08:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/morning-preview-april-15-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T06:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:08:10","slug":"morning-preview-april-15-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/morning-preview-april-15-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Preview: April 15, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Early Look<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Monday, April 15, 2024<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Futures<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Up\/Down<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Dow<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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101.00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.26%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38,339<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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S&P 500<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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22.25<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.44%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5,190<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nasdaq<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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101.50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.56%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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18,280<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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After slipping last week, U.S. futures are pushing higher while oil and bond prices dip, as investors kept Middle East concerns in check after Iran’s weekend attacks on Israel. On Saturday, Iran attacked with more than 300 missiles and drones, but all were intercepted given the advanced notice of the attack. Global markets are responding with a bounce in stocks and small pullback in haven assets (bonds\/gold) which rallied last week. Last week, the S&P the S&P 500 fell 1.56%, the Nasdaq declined 0.45%, and the Dow fell 2.37% as the Dow industrials recorded its biggest weekly percentage drop since March 2023 and the S&P registered its biggest weekly percentage fall since October. The Nasdaq recorded its biggest one-day% drop since March 5th<\/sup> on Friday, S&P records biggest one-day% drop since Jan 31. In addition to the geopolitical tensions, several Federal Reserve officials (Bostic, Collins, Daly) emphasized Friday that there is no urgency to lower interest rates, pointing to still-elevated inflation and a robust labor market. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index fell -290 points to 39,232, the Shanghai Index rose 37 points to 3,057, and the Hang Seng Index fell -121 points to 16,600. In Europe, the German DAX is up 156 points to 18,087, while the FTSE 100 is down -34 points to 7,960. Bitcoin prices lower around $66,000 this morning while markets prepare for the beginning of earnings season. Oil prices, which have risen 10% as the tensions have built up over the last month, dropped 1%.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Market Closing Prices Yesterday<\/p>\n