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Stock futures slip as traders eye U.S.-Iran tensions; April jobs report looms: Live updates

Cnbc · · 445 words · By Lisa Kailai Han
open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“S&P 500 futures fell 0.2%”
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The provided web search results for the S&P 500 are general index descriptions and live quote pages; they do not contain the specific data point that futures fell 0.2% on a specific Thursday night.
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web search NEUTRAL — View the futures and commodity market news, futures pricing and futures trading.Top Stories On E-Mini S&P 500 Future Continuous Contract.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/es00
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web search NEUTRAL — E-Mini S&P 500 Future Continuous ContractES00(U.S.: CME). search. View All companies.Compare to Benchmark: DJIA. S&p 500. Global dow.
https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/futures/SP+500+FUTURE…
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web search NEUTRAL — Get S&P 500 Index live stock quotes as well as charts, technical analysis, components and more SPX index data.Below you will find information about the US SPX 500 Index. The US SPX 500 is the most kno…
https://www.investing.com/indices/us-spx-500
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“Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.3%”
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One source (GuruFocus) explicitly states Nasdaq 100 futures were down by 0.2%, which contradicts the claim that they slid 0.3%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Where the stock market will trade today based on Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures and implied open premarket values. Commodities, currencies and global indexes also shown.
https://www.cnbc.com/markets/pre-markets/
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web search NEUTRAL — S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were down by 0.1% and 0.2%. The market is coming off a losing session, with the Dow shedding 155 points, or 0.4%, on Thursday.
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/2754669/dow-futures-dip-sp-50…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2026/05/05. NASDAQ 100 index closed at 28015.0608 the previous day. NASDAQ 100 Forecast For Tomorrow, This Week And Month.
https://30rates.com/nasdaq
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“Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 89 points, or about 0.2%”
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The search results provide general overviews of Dow Jones futures but do not contain the specific point drop (89 points) or percentage (0.2%) for the date in question.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones futures index is a price-weighted average of blue-chip stocks that are generally the leaders in their industry. Dow Jones Futures are tradable in pre-market, view dow jones premarket dat…
https://www.investing.com/indices/us-30-futures
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web search NEUTRAL — DJIA | A complete Dow Jones Industrial Average index overview by MarketWatch. View stock market news, stock market data and trading information.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/djia
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web search NEUTRAL — View live Dow Jones Industrial Average Index chart to track latest index dynamics. DJ:DJI ideas, forecasts and market news are at your disposal as well.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DJ-DJI/
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“West Texas Intermediate crude futures gaining nearly 3%”
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The search results for 'West Texas Intermediate' returned irrelevant information about the 'Western world' and a legal firm, providing no data on crude futures prices.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate as to whether those in the former Soviet Union …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world
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web search NEUTRAL — The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (ouest in French, oest in Catalan, ovest in Italian, vest in Romanian, oeste in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West
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https://www.judicatewest.com/
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“U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz”
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Multiple independent sources (Axios, NPR, and a live update feed) confirm that the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with Iran firing missiles and drones at three U.S. naval vessels and the U.S. striking a range of Iranian targets. Why it matters:…
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/07/us-iran-hormuz-strait-fire-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire Amid a Declared Truce The Iranian military said it had fired on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for their targeting of an ...
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/world/iran-trump-hor…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The United Arab Emirates said it had come under attack from Iran.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810508/iran-war-update…
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“U.S. Central Command said that military forces "intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes" as a trio of U.S. Navy destroyers traveled in the waterway”
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The specific quote from U.S. Central Command regarding intercepting unprovoked attacks and responding with self-defense strikes is corroborated by CNBC, CNN, Pravda EN, and CBS News.
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web search NEUTRAL — “U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as US Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman, May 7,” CENTCOM sai…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us-forces-strike-mil…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with counterattacks in self-defense as U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman on…
https://news-pravda.com/usa/2026/05/07/2290255.html
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web search NEUTRAL — US destroyers USS Truxtun and USS Mason came under a sustained Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz; fast-attack boats, drones and missiles. American forces fought back. No casualties or damage repo…
https://iran.liveuamap.com/en/2026/7-may-21-the-american-mil…
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“On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite retreated from their record highs”
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While one source mentions the Nasdaq Composite fell into correction on Thursday, the evidence does not specifically confirm that both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreated from 'record highs' on that specific day; one source actually mentions them setting fresh all-time highs on a different morning.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nasdaq Composite is a capitalization-weighted index; its price is calculated by taking the sum of the products of closing price and index share of all of the securities in the index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite
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web search NEUTRAL — Note: Indexes shown are the S&P 500, FTSE 100, DAX, Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng and Nikkei 225. Source: FactSet. The New York Times.The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell into correction on Thur…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/iran-war-stock-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — On a morning when the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are setting fresh all-time highs, the Dow Jones is sliding. Not crashing, not collapsing — but quietly, stubbornly bleeding in the wrong direction wh…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/u…
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“The broad market index shed 0.38%”
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The search results provide general index pages for the S&P 500 but do not contain the specific daily percentage change of 0.38%.
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web search NEUTRAL — S&P 500 Today: Get all information on the S&P 500 Index including historical chart, news and constituents.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/s&p_500
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web search NEUTRAL — Get S&P 500 Index live stock quotes as well as charts, technical analysis, components and more SPX index data.Below you will find information about the US SPX 500 Index. The US SPX 500 is the most kno…
https://www.investing.com/indices/us-spx-500
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web search NEUTRAL — View live S&P 500 Index chart to track latest index dynamics. SP:SPX ideas, forecasts and market news are at your disposal as well.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/SPX/
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“the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 0.13%”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the Nasdaq's 0.13% slip.
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“The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 313.62 points, or 0.63%”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the Dow Jones loss of 313.62 points.
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“a senior Iranian official said that the country would not allow the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz passageway with an "unrealistic plan," The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing Iran's state-owned Press TV”
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“The official added that Iran would not let the U.S. leave the conflict without paying reparations for the damage it has inflicted”
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“Dow Jones estimates show that economists are expecting job gains of just 55,000 last month”
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“they anticipate the U.S. jobless rate will hold steady at 4.3%”
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“Strong tech earnings have put the Nasdaq on pace to climb 2.8% on the week”
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“The S&P 500 is on track for a rise of 1.5%”
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“the Dow Jones has lagged with a week-to-date gain of just 0.2%”
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“Toyota Motor, AMC Networks, Wendy's and Brookfield Asset Management are among the stocks reporting earnings before Friday's opening bell”
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