​Futures Slide, Oil Jumps As Middle East Tensions Soar – Tyler Durden

Futures Slide, Oil Jumps As Middle East Tensions Soar US equity futures are weaker with small caps underperforming while Treasuries erased some of the previous day’s gains as escalating tensions in the Middle East spooked traders and sent oil sharply higher for a second day after Iran fired about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, drawing a vow of retaliation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and further raising the risks to crude supplies from the region. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures were down 0.2% but off the worst levels of the session following yesterday’s flight to safety; as shown in the…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More