Stock Market Today: Trump Sparks Losses, SpaceX and Tesla in Focus, and Key Moves You Need to Know
U.S. stock futures traded little changed ahead of Tuesday’s open, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures, S&P 500 futures, and Nasdaq 100 futures hovering near the flatline. The muted premarket action follows a session in which President Trump sparked stock market losses, rattling investor sentiment and prompting a cautious mood on Wall Street. Market participants are weighing political developments against a backdrop of mixed economic signals and corporate news.
In focus are Elon Musk-led companies SpaceX and Tesla, both of which are drawing heightened attention. SpaceX continues to make headlines with its ambitious launch schedule and Starlink expansion, while Tesla remains a bellwether for the EV and tech sectors. Meanwhile, Paramount shares soared after reaching a settlement with states over the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal, avoiding a divestiture of CNN and CBS—one of the largest-ever media and entertainment mergers. In biotech, Viking Therapeutics jumped 67% on Tuesday after reporting promising results from a study of maintenance doses of its experimental weight-loss shot, VK2735.
On the economic front, the European Central Bank’s chief economist, Philip Lane, warned of a “second wave” of price increases for oil and gas, expecting euro area inflation to remain higher for longer and put upward pressure on other prices. In a surprising move, the Federal Reserve returned to rate hikes after a three-year pause, raising its key interest rate by 0.25%. Additionally, U.S.-listed stocks with Greenland development exposure surged following the announcement of a U.S.-Denmark agreement over the Arctic island. Warren Buffett, a director since 1993, is now chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
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Shimanta Das 
