
June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are trending down -0.95% this morning as a jump in oil prices drove Treasury yields higher, abruptly halting the AI-fueled equity rally.
The price of WTI crude climbed over +3% on Friday amid a lack of progress towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said in an interview with Fox News after his first round of talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing that the U.S. does not need to reopen the strait. Hours later, however, Mr. Trump said the country wanted the key waterway reopened. Mr. Trump also said he would not be much more patient with Iran.