US stocks deepen their losses amid the anticipation of Iran's response to Israel

A cautious wave of shift to safe assets swept world markets after the Israeli air strikes targeting the Iranian nuclear facilities, while oil prices recorded the biggest movements with the continued concern of traders of indicators at a possible escalation in the confrontation. West -texas -Interned crude oil rose 7%after jumping to the weakness of this percentage earlier. Gold also rose by 1.3%to hang near its highest historical levels. On the other hand, the S&B 500 index fell by 1%, while the dollar rose 0.4%, away from its lowest levels in three years. US Treasury bonds have dropped slightly, with the income of the mortgage for ten years by four basis points to 4.40%. Investors’ response to the conflict is still the most important stock indicators near their last levels, while demand for safe ports is mainly concentrated in gold, suggesting that investors are waiting for evaluating geopolitical risks, especially in the absence of clearer evidence to increase the conflict. The limited performance of treasury and dollar bonds reflects this cautious position based on anticipation and waiting. Traders are waiting for any indicators that come from the Middle East and Washington this weekend that could affect the market moral next week. US President Donald Trump has requested Iran to accept the nuclear deal to avoid more attacks, hours after Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities and the death of a number of senior military leaders. Also read: Asian stocks are declining after Israeli attack on Iran, Jeff Yu, of BN Way Mellon, said: “We see a completely consistent behavior with the state of reluctance to risk, and this may be the starting point for market movements, but we know that the ties between the markets were volatile, and many will depend on Iran, the United States.” The decrease in risk demand comes the timing of the Israeli strike in Iran to spoil a week characterized by a ‘risk kind of’, and was a decline in one of the most important inflation indicators of expectations, as well as progress in commercial discussions between the United States and China. Also read: A decisive test of the dollar’s status as a safe origin after Israel’s attack on Iran. Regarding the new rise in oil prices, it again raised questions about inflationary pressure through the supply, which could complicate the way of the FBI’s monetary policy. Friday -data shows an increase in the confidence of the consumer in the largest rate since January 2024, and short -term inflation forecasts recorded a remarkable improvement.