{"id":67015,"date":"2026-01-09T06:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67015"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:31:32","slug":"dow-futures-rise-nasdaq-slips-and-crude-gains-amid-ongoing-unrest-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67015","title":{"rendered":"Dow Futures Rise, Nasdaq Slips And Crude Gains Amid Ongoing Unrest In Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average futures edged higher on Friday morning, buoyed by defense and energy heavyweights, while Nasdaq futures slipped as investors priced in the inflationary risks of a potential Middle East conflict amid intensifying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49662672\/iran-taps-into-cryptocurrency-payments-for-advanced-weapons-trade-amid-sanctions-economic-crisis-report\">unrest in Iran<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The divergence comes as the Iranian regime faces its most severe existential threat in decades, with crude oil prices climbing on fears of supply disruptions.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Futures<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Change (+\/-)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dow Jones<\/td>\n<td>0.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S&amp;P 500<\/td>\n<td>-0.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nasdaq 100<\/td>\n<td>-0.03%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Russell 2000<\/td>\n<td>0.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SPY\" data-exchange=\"ARCA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SPY\">SPY<\/a>) and <strong>Invesco QQQ Trust ETF<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"QQQ\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/QQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/QQQ\">QQQ<\/a>), which track the S&amp;P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, closed lower on Thursday. The SPY was down &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/equities\/26\/01\/49805062\/dow-futures-rise-nasdaq-slips-and-crude-gains-amid-ongoing-unrest-in-iran?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Dow\" futures rise nasdaq slips and crude gains amid ongoing unrest in iran>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average futures edged higher on Friday morning, buoyed by defense and energy heavyweights, while Nasdaq futures slipped as investors priced in the inflationary risks of a potential Middle East conflict amid intensifying unrest in Iran. The divergence comes as the Iranian regime faces its most severe existential threat in decades, with crude [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-67015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}