Brent crude en repli tandis que les contrats à terme américains glissent vers le bas

Les prix du brut Brent reculent – les traders s'accrochent à leurs tableaux comme à des bouées en pleine tempête.

Wall Street en eaux troubles : les futures américains plongent dans le rouge, rappelant une fois de plus que les marchés ont la mémoire courte et l'émotion facile.

Entre pétrole et actions, les investisseurs semblent pris dans un tango haussier-baissier – un pas en avant, deux pas en arrière. Comme d'habitude, les banques centrales regardent le spectacle depuis leur fauteuil en cuir.

US stock futures slipped on Thursday eve

US stock futures slipped on Thursday evening as investors weighed the prospect of US military involvement in the Israel-Iran war and a two-week deadline set by President Trump for a decision on entering the conflict.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell more than 0.4%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped roughly 0.3%. Markets were closed on Thursday for Juneteenth, giving traders a pause as global news grew tense.

On Wall Street, investors were also digesting remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. After the Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, Powell said policymakers were not in a hurry to cut rates and would base decisions on incoming data. According to CME Group, most traders expect a rate cut by the Fed’s September meeting.

President Trump renewed his criticism of Powell on Thursday, accusing him of costing the US “hundreds of billions of dollars” by keeping rates high. He added a personal attack, calling Powell “one of the dumbest, and most destructive, PEOPLE in Government.”

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