US markets end deeply in red as attacks between Israel, Iran escalate

14 Jun 2025 Evaluate

The US markets ended deeply in red on Friday amid geopolitical concerns after Israel launched a series of airstrikes against Iran. The Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear facilities and ballistic missile factories killed at least three of Iran's senior military leaders. Iran retaliated by launching more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory, which the Israel Defense Forces said they are working to intercept. The attacks have led the worries about a wider conflict, and the price of crude oil spiked amid concerns about supply disruptions. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel had taken unilateral action against Iran without US support. Rubio warned Iran against targeting U.S. interests in the region.

Further, traders largely shrugged off a report from the University of Michigan showing a substantial improvement by consumer sentiment in the month of June. The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index surged to 60.5 in June after holding at 52.2 in May. Street had expected the index to rise to 53.5. On the sectoral front, airline stocks turned in some of the market's worst performances on the day, dragging the NYSE Arca Airline Index down by 4.3 percent to its lowest closing level in over a month. Substantial weakness was also visible among computer hardware and semiconductor stocks, with the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware and Philadelphia Semiconductor Index plunging by 2.7 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 769.83 points or 1.79 percent to 42,197.79, Nasdaq dropped 255.66 points or 1.3 percent to 19,406.83 and S&P 500 declined 68.29 points or 1.13 percent to 5,976.97.


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