Oil Prices Continue to Fall: 8 Key Items Shaping the Stock Market Monday
Coke and the IRS, Google flexes its balance sheet, and other headlines are moving stocks this morning.
These are the early headlines and other items poised to influence the market at the start of trading Monday. As we share this collection of market drivers, U.S. equity futures point to a mixed market open later.
1. U.S. and Iranian officials made “encouraging progress” at a first round of talks in Switzerland that ended early on Monday, mediators said, although tension persisted over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz. Mediators Pakistan and Qatar said the parties had agreed to a roadmap towards a final deal on ending their war in 60 days, despite a tense start as Tehran again shut the strait and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to resume attacks on Iran….