Stock market today: US futures pare losses as Israel attack shock ebbs
Fri, Apr 19, 2024 4:10 PM

Stock market today: US futures pare losses as Israel attack shock ebbs

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US stock futures were lower but digging themselves out of a deeper sell-off on Friday, after Israel's retaliatory strike on Iran spooked the market and spurred a rush to safe havens such as gold.Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures were down roughly 0.3%, coming back from a 1.4% drop in after-hours trading. S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures dropped 0.4%, while contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 10.

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