Nasdaq, S&P 500, Dow Futures Fall After Trump Directs Strikes ‘To Hold Iranian Forces Accountable’: NVDA, SLS, MRK, SKHYV, QS Stocks In Focus

U.S. stock futures declined in the overnight session late Sunday after the country’s military launched fresh strikes against Iran following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz once again.

The Dow futures were down 0.26%, S&P 500 futures declined 0.34%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.72% at 9:00 PM EDT.

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) was down 0.28% amid ‘extremely bearish’ sentiment.

All three benchmark indexes closed higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 leading gains to close 0.42% up. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.29% each at the end of the session.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also ended the week higher, gaining 1.23% and 0.29% respectively. The Dow was down 0.5% for the week.

U.S. stock futures are declining ahead of Monday’s open as fresh conflict with Iran has raised concerns among investors. The U.S. Central Command said in a post on X late Sunday that it had launched strikes against Iran following disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

“At 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable,” it said.

“Once conditions stabilize and normalcy returns, applications will be processed sequentially and clearances will be granted accordingly,” it added.

U.S. President Donald Trump, however, challenged that assertion, saying that the strategically important shipping route remained open to commercial traffic.

Meanwhile, several media reports alleged last week that Iran was plotting to assassinate Trump, based on intelligence from Israel. In a post on X, Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to seek revenge for those killed in U.S. strikes in the country earlier this year.

“We pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two [recent] wars by taking revenge against the criminal, disgraceful murderers. This vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this must definitely be done,” he said.

In response, Trump said that the U.S. was ready to “decimate” Iran if the allegations were true. In a post on Truth Social, the president said, “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!”