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Futures are under pressure this morning after weekend diplomacy between Washington and Tehran collapsed without a deal. Trump's rejection of Iran's ceasefire proposal has markets pricing in a longer conflict, with U.S. oil futures surging nearly three percent to just under ninety-eight dollars a barrel. Dow futures dropped two hundred points, S&P five hundred futures off a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq softer as well. The central fear here is the Strait of Hormuz — roughly twenty percent of global oil supply moves through that chokepoint, and military options are now openly on the table.
Shifting east, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index snapped a five-session winning streak on Friday, giving back ground after advancing nearly forty points over the prior week. The index is sitting just beneath the one thousand seven hundred fifty level, and analysts are watching for renewed buying interest at the open Monday, though the broader geopolitical backdrop is unlikely to help sentiment across the region.
On the quantum computing front, IonQ is drawing attention heading into May of next year as analysts flag the company's lead in computational accuracy as a meaningful differentiator in what remains an early but increasingly competitive sector.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
