--- title: "Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 3 AM ET: Oil prices rise, stock futures flat as fighting between U.S. and Iran intensifies | ECB ..." type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293177543.md" description: "Oil prices rose and stock futures remained flat as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated, with Iran rushing $6 billion of oil to Asia during a truce. The ECB is expected to hold rates steady despite inflation threats from energy costs. Meanwhile, investors are shifting focus from the 'Magnificent Seven' to new AI stocks, while China dominates the U.S. battery storage market. Other highlights include stagnant German economic pressures, declining corporate crime prosecutions, and concerns over retail margin rules increasing volatility." datetime: "2026-07-20T07:31:58.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293177543.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293177543.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293177543.md) --- # Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 3 AM ET: Oil prices rise, stock futures flat as fighting between U.S. and Iran intensifies | ECB ... Oil prices rise, stock futures flat as fighting between U.S. and Iran intensifies Oil prices rose while U.S stock-index futures were little changed on Sunday, amid an escalation of fighting in the Middle East and as investors await key tech earnings this week. \---- ECB to Hold Rates Steady as Rebound in Energy Prices Threatens to Revive Inflation Investors expect at least one more quarter-point hike this year, with most seeing it at the ECB's meeting in September, followed by a final increase next year to 2.75%. \---- Everyday Investors Are Over the Mag Seven and Into New AI Darlings Once the Magnificent Seven's most enthusiastic fans, they are looking elsewhere for the next superstar tech stocks. \---- Volatility Is Climbing-and a New Margin Rule May Be Adding Fuel The elimination of a Dot Com-era pattern day trading rule is expanding access to margin for retail investors-and raising concerns about volatility. \---- Can the 'Magnificent Seven' save a stock market that might be doomed without them? Apple, Amazon, Nvidia and peers are quietly coming back to life, and that could easily jolt this sleepy stock market back into gear. \---- The Key to Solar and Wind Power Is Battery Storage, and China Is Dominating Chinese suppliers have 90% of the U.S. energy-storage market, generating concern in Washington about overreliance on its rival. \---- Iran Rushed Out $6 Billion of Oil During Brief Truce With U.S. About 20 Iranian tankers carrying millions of barrels of oil set sail for Asia-likely for sail to China-after the U.S. lifted its blockade. \---- Big Food Is Running Out of Moves With Shoppers and Investors Investors have rightly given up on companies such as General Mills and Kraft Heinz, which are squeezed by everything from inflation to GLP-1s. \---- U.S. Emergency Oil Reserve Hits Lowest Levels Since 1983: Why It Matters Video: WSJ's David Uberti explains how the Strategic Petroleum Reserve works to help blunt the impact of oil shocks such as the Iran War. \---- Stagnant Germany Considers the Unthinkable: Sunday Shopping Germany is facing growing economic pressure to ease its historic Sunday shopping ban and align with the rest of Europe. \---- The New Washington Temptation: Inside Information and a Prediction Market Account White House officials are grappling with how deeply betting on political events has worked itself into the fabric of government. \---- The Justice Department Is Pulling Back on Prosecuting Corporate Crime Prosecutors have declined to charge businesses in a number of recent cases-despite believing that senior employees were involved in wrongdoing. \---- Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S., European PMI Data, ECB Decision in Focus Provisional purchasing managers' surveys for the U.S., eurozone and the U.K. will provide a snapshot of business-sector activity during July just as military conflict in the Middle East has resumed, pulling oil prices higher. \---- The Investors With a New Way to Win in Silicon Valley How venture-capital firms are rewriting the rules in a once-in-a-lifetime IPO boom \---- Europe's Grapes Are Withering in the Heat. Economic Growth Could Be Next The European economy is under increasing pressure from a warming climate, according to analysts. 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