US stock futures slipped on Friday as the intensifying Iran conflict kept markets on edge ahead of an inflation reading key to Federal Reserve policy thinking. The headlong sell-off on Wall Street looks set to ease,

Big chemical companies with production on the U.S. Gulf Coast are among the stock-market winners from the conflict in the Middle East, benefiting from disruptions to global supply chains. Analysts at

The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Thursday and returned to big swings following a couple days of relative calm. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.8%. The center of action was again the oil market,

Stocks finish mostly lower on Wednesday as 10- through 30-year Treasury yields jump on the risks of inflation.

Major averages fell Monday on renewed AI disruption concerns. President Donald Trump's threat to hike global tariffs to 15% and tensions between the U.S. and Iran also kept traders on edge. A global 10% U.S. tariff took effect Tuesday. The three major averages finished higher on Tuesday.

Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October.