{"id":6347,"date":"2026-09-09T07:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/09\/09\/stock-futures-flat-as-brent-crude-nears-100-amid-geopolitical-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:24:22","slug":"stock-futures-flat-as-brent-crude-nears-100-amid-geopolitical-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/09\/09\/stock-futures-flat-as-brent-crude-nears-100-amid-geopolitical-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Futures Flat as Brent Crude Nears $100 Amid Geopolitical Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stock futures were largely flat on Wednesday, following a downbeat session as oil prices continued to climb, with Brent crude nearing $100 a barrel amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. European markets opened lower, reflecting the broader market sentiment driven by geopolitical concerns and rising energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, China reported stronger-than-expected wholesale inflation for August, driven by commodity costs and tech demand. Investors are now looking ahead to upcoming inflation data for insights into potential Federal Reserve actions on interest rates.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/09\/08\/stock-market-today-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock futures were largely flat on Wednesday, following a downbeat session as oil prices continued to climb, with Brent crude nearing $100 a barrel amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. European markets opened lower, reflecting the broader market sentiment driven by geopolitical concerns and rising energy costs. Meanwhile, China reported stronger-than-expected wholesale inflation for August, driven by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108357833-1788364301709-Traders-OB-20260902-ACJ-PRESS-8.jpg?v=1788364539&amp;w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;ffmt=webp&amp;vtcrop=y","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","category-global-security","rifnote_country-australia","rifnote_country-china","rifnote_country-france","rifnote_country-germany","rifnote_country-hong-kong","rifnote_country-iran","rifnote_country-italy","rifnote_country-japan","rifnote_country-south-korea","rifnote_country-united-kingdom","rifnote_country-usa","rifnote_executive-kara-murphy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108357833-1788364301709-Traders-OB-20260902-ACJ-PRESS-8.jpg?v=1788364539&amp;w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;ffmt=webp&amp;vtcrop=y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}