The US plans to announce a new round of sanctions against Iran on Monday, with inflation data and a high return on US debt, and overall pressure on US stock openings, with the technology block being the main drag on the early drive.

According to Reuters data, the opening point dropped by 15.1 points, 0.03 per cent, reporting 53,261.95 points; the index of the Standard 500 dropped by 0.14 per cent, reporting 7,663.38 points; and the index dropped by 0.44 per cent, reporting 26,065.32 points. By about 9:40 in Eastern United States time, the drop in the Standard 500 index increased to about 0.30 per cent.

Chips lead down the early drive.

The Science and Technology Unit is the centre of the fall of this cycle, and the Semiconductor and AI Concept Units are generally low. The table shows that Micron fell by 5.47 per cent, AMD fell by 2.81 per cent, Intel fell by 3.64 per cent, Bottfall fell by 1.19 per cent, Inverda fell by 0.62 per cent, Tesla fell by 2.07 per cent and Sandisk fell by 8.61 per cent.

At the same time, the market is waiting for the quarterly performance to be released on Wednesday. Reuters quoted analysts as predicting that the collection at Camp Weida could nearly double to about $92 billion. Prior to AI, market expectations were high for its performance.

Inflation and return rates continue to apply pressure

In addition to the fall of the Science and Technology Unit, commodity price booms have also kept the market focused on inflationary pressures. The Dow Jones Commodity Index, which had previously breached the resistance position near the height of 2022, had recently risen to 1,495.52 and was then organized on 1,400 lines. Higher prices of raw materials, such as energy and metals, may continue to squeeze business margins.

The July personal consumer expenditure price index (PCE) will be published this Wednesday. Reuters quoted market projections that the United States core PCE remained significantly above the Federal Reserve target of 2 per cent, or 3.3 per cent. The market currently accounts for about 40 per cent of the September rate increase and largely digests the expectation of a further increase by December.

Long-term United States debt yields have also remained high. The annual rate of return on United States debt was about 5.25 per cent, close to 19 years of high. For S & T, higher long-term interest rates usually lower the level of investors ' valuation of future profits.

Iran sanctions and this week ' s event window

Geo-risk is another main line in the Monday market. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to introduce new sanctions against Iran at a press conference at 2 p.m. American Eastern Time. Washington had previously indicated that it would introduce drastic measures aimed not only at Iran but also at its trading partners, while the Iranian side threatened to further disrupt oil exports in the Gulf.

As a result of the windfall of the profits prior to the sanctions, international oil prices fell on Monday and Brent crude oil and WTI disks fell by over $1.

On the stock side, the multi-mother company PDD Holdings announced the second quarter's collection of RMB 112.36 billion, which is lower than the LSEG forecast of RMB 116.35 billion; net profits decreased by 12 per cent to RMB 27.2 billion each year. However, the Unit continued to grow by approximately 2.3 per cent in New York.

As British Weeda Press, PCE inflation data, and Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech at Jackson Hall approaches, the Pump 500 and Nafty Lines will remain sensitive to chip-share movements, bond yields, and changes in the situation in the Middle East.