Oil prices settle, Wall Street inches higher ahead of new inflation numbers due this week
Wall Street is modestly lower in premarket trading and oil prices settled despite lingering uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to the global flow of oil again. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked up 0. 1% before the opening bell Tuesday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down 0. 1%. Nasdaq futures rose 0. 3%. Oil prices were on their way up again before suddenly reversing course early Tuesday. After being up about 2. 5% early, Brent crude oil was down a...
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