The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up +0.73% today; the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.64%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +1.08%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.76%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) are up +1.10%.
Stock indexes are climbing today, led by strength in the Magnificent Seven technology stocks. Also, stocks are finding support today after the US and Iran backed away from a fresh escalation of hostilities and agreed to stop attacking each other before peace talks resume over the Strait of Hormuz and other issues. President Trump said today that talks are set to resume in Doha on Tuesday.
