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U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday, which is the last trading day of the week, as the market will be closed for Good Friday. Futures of the major benchmark indices were lower after President Donald Trump‘s address to update on the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Trump’s address skipped words like ceasefire or de-escalation, as he reiterated the points he made in his social media posts over the last two weeks. He threatened to ‘hit’ Iran’s electric plants and warned of relentless military strikes on Iran for another "two to three weeks," which triggered an advance in the crude oil prices.

Economist Peter Schiff noted a broad market sell-off across stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency as President “re-escalates the war with Iran,” pointing out the stark contrast between the extended military action and the president’s claims of a historic victory.

The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.37%, and the two-year bond was at 3.84%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 97.4% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged in its April meeting.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were lower in premarket on Thursday. The SPY was down 1.59% at $644.84, while the QQQ declined 2.01% to $572.54.

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00:08all right s&p futures under significant pressure here for the last day of the trading week
00:14as a reminder the market is closed in observance of good friday tomorrow so today is our last
00:20trading day uh s&p futures down 1.63 percent dow futures down 1.45 percent and the nasdaq leading
00:28the way lower minus 2.07 percent now um let's go ahead and take a look at some cues from
00:36last
00:36session here we go communication services industrials and material sectors led the
00:45advance on wednesday whereas financials consumer staples and energy stocks were the only laggards
00:53go back up here all right uh u.s stocks dropped on thursday which is the last trading day of
01:00the
01:00week as the market will be closed for good friday futures of the major benchmark indices were lower
01:05after president trump's address to update the ongoing u.s israel war with iran trump's address
01:11skipped words like ceasefire or de-escalation as he reiterated the points he made in his last two
01:17social media posts over the last two weeks he threatened to hit iran's electric plants and
01:23warned of relentless military strikes on iran for another quote two to three weeks and quote that
01:29triggered in advance in crude oil prices also the spread between brent and wti very tight
01:35economist peter schiff noted a broad market sell-off across stocks bonds and cryptocurrency
01:41as the president re-escalated the war with iran pointing out the stark contrast between the
01:47extended military action and the president's claims of a historic victory meanwhile the 10-year treasury
01:53bond yielded 4.37 percent and the two-year bond was at 3.84 percent the cme group's fed watch
02:00tool
02:00projections show markets pricing in a 97.4 percent likelihood of the federal reserve leaving the
02:05current interest rates unchanged in the april meeting now we have several stocks in focus here
02:13for you today and the first one here is going to be micron all right so micron technology ticker mu
02:19dropped 4.3 percent in the pre-market on thursday following wednesday's rally as it announced the
02:25expiration of the cash tender offers for all for any and all excuse me certain outstanding senior notes
02:32the next stock on our list is international business machines or ibm which declined by 0.22 percent
02:39and also arm holdings ticker arm which fell 3.11 percent despite both companies announcing a
02:46partnership to develop dual architecture hardware the next stock on our list here is going to oops
02:54excuse me is going to be lockheed martin and lockheed martin is ticker lmt and it was up 0.41
02:59percent
03:00after its orion spacecraft launched four astronauts on nasa's historic artemis 2 moon mission the first
03:07time in 53 years the next stock on our list is going to be general motors and the ticker on
03:12this
03:13one is gm it was 1.71 percent lower after it said it plans to invest 150 million in the
03:19saginaw plant
03:20for next gen v8 engines that gets me excited there the last stock on our list is going to be
03:27target
03:27hospitality ticker is th and it tumbled 0.079 percent despite securing a 550 million dollar data center
03:36contract in texas raising its preliminary fiscal year 26 sales guidance
03:48the next stock on our list is going to be the latest stock
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