U.S. equity futures are near session lows, leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average in line for an 800-point retreat and the S&P 500 down 1.9% and likely to start trading below Monday's trough. The additional selling of futures is correlated very tightly with surging oil prices,

US natural gas futures rose as much as 7.4% in sympathy with global gas prices, which have surged in response to renewed conflict in the Middle East and Qatar shutting liquefied natural gas production at the world’s largest LNG plant.

US natural gas futures (NG1:COM) are trading around $2.86 per MMBtu, marking a significant decline that has wiped out the winter spike we saw earlier this year. Read more

Stock futures have moved off their lowest levels but are still pointing to opening losses on Monday. The Dow contract is down around 500 points as the S&P 500 futures contract is now down 0.9%. The low on the S&P contract was 6,

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street futures and the dollar slid in Asia on Monday as confusion over U.S. tariffs revived the "sell America" trade, while confidence in the entire AI sector was set to be tested by results from tech-diva Nvidia this week.

Stock index futures slipped on Monday as renewed uncertainty gripped markets following President Donald Trump’s recent tariff announcement. Dow futures ( INDU) fell 0.25%, S&P 500 futures ( SPX) edged lower by 0.18%, while Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND) declined 0.35%.

U.S. equities rose on Wednesday, supported by Nvidia and Oracle, as stocks built on the gains from the prior trading day. The S&P 500 added 0.81% and closed at 6,946.13, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.

Why are US stock market index futures down and Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq in red today? Wall Street futures fell more than 1% as Middle East conflict widened. Oil prices rose. Gold gained. Treasury yields hit lows.