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US equity futures advanced, bouncing after Wednesday’s late selloff in tech shares, while a swift end to renewed American strikes on Iran kept oil prices in check.

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Friday as investors focused on two major developments: the highly anticipated stock market debut of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) and growing expectations that a diplomatic agreement could bring an end to the conflict between the United States and Iran.

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The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday for regulating prediction markets, seeking to clarify what types of events can be listed for trading on the platforms. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposal aims to specify what events the agency considers to be “contrary to the public interest” and would not be eligible for

The recent slide in technology stocks has taken a $300 billion bite out of the projected market cap of SpaceX, according to pre-IPO perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, a decentralized crypto exchange wh