{"id":89456,"date":"2026-05-04T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89456"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:46:41","slug":"stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-futures-trip-amid-trumps-project-freedom-to-escort-stranded-vessels-at-hormuz-ebay-nebius-in-focus-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89456","title":{"rendered":"Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 Futures Trip Amid Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ To Escort Stranded Vessels At Hormuz\u2014 eBay, Nebius In Focus (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Editor\u2019s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.)<\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. stock futures were mixed on Monday, following Friday\u2019s divergence between the Dow Jones and other benchmark indices.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, President Donald Trump<\/strong> announced that starting Monday morning, the U.S. will lead an initiative to escort stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u2018s restricted zones. He described the mission as a \u201chumanitarian gesture\u201d aimed at assisting neutral nations affected by the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. This was dubbed as “Project Freedom.”<\/p>\n

Crude oil futures were higher as traders are also likely to evaluate OPEC+\u2019s decision to raise oil output by 188,000<\/a> barrels per day, announced at its first meeting following the exit of key member the United Arab Emirates (UAE). <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.37%, and the two-year bond was at 3.88%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool<\/a>\u2018s projections show markets pricing a 94.8% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June\u2019s meeting. <\/p>\n

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Index<\/strong><\/td>\nPerformance (+\/-)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dow Jones<\/td>\n-0.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S&P 500<\/td>\n-0.12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nasdaq 100<\/td>\n0.03%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell 2000<\/td>\n-0.34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust<\/strong> (NYSE:<\/a>SPY<\/a>) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<\/a>QQQ<\/a>), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were mixed in premarket on Monday. The SPY was down 0.11% at $719.89, while the QQQ advanced 0.069% to $674.64.<\/p>\n

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