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๐Ÿšจ ๐ŸŒ Oil opens the week lower and US stock futures firmer as Iran's talks with Qatari mediators outweigh weekend Hormuz tanker reports

November 1, 2026 · 2 min read · Pardip Bansal

๐Ÿšจ ๐ŸŒ Oil opens the week lower and US stock futures firmer as Iran's talks with Qatari mediators outweigh weekend Hormuz tanker reports

  • ๐ŸŒ Oil slipped at the Asia reopen, with newswires reporting losses of around 1%, as Iran's talks with Qatari mediators in Doha, aimed at ending the US and Iran war, took the edge off the weekend's shipping headlines ()
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US equity futures opened slightly higher, with S&P 500 futures up about 0.3% and Nasdaq futures up about 0.4%, regaining some ground after Friday's tech sell-off

FO view: 2nd alert today.

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