Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, September 15, 2026. Jeenah Moon | ReutersUSA Stock futures rose slightly Sunday night after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a third straight week of losses. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures rose 0.23% and 0.27%, respectively. Dow futures rose 0.25%. Those measures come after the latest escalation of hostilities in the Middle East over the weekend. The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones on Saturday. Later that day, the US State Department warned Americans to reconsider traveling to the Middle East, as the US and Iran exchanged threats to resume attacks. The Dow Jones fell 1.7% last week, its worst performance since March. The S&P 500 lost about 0.1%. Only the tech-heavy Nasdaq posted a gain, up 0.7%. In Asia, the Kospi added 0.85% at the open, while the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.43%. The Australian benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.49%. Japan’s markets are closed for holidays. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.35%, while mainland China’s CSI 300 added 0.64%. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week for the first time in three years, as the United States struggles to control persistent inflation and high bond yields. Oil prices remain close to $100 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield is also around 5%. That could heighten the importance of a key summit this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which will address tariffs, critical minerals and artificial intelligence and other economic issues. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of the visit. “The same geopolitical conflict that inflates energy prices is also what keeps [Federal Reserve] Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s committee “has conditioned its inflation outlook on oil markets stabilizing, and Beijing’s fiscal calculation uses the same variable.”
