LIVE BLOG18 Jun 2026 | 06:33:19 PM ISTPolicymakers signaled that additional interest-rate hikes could still be on the table.SynopsisDow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: U.S. stock index futures rebounded on Thursday as optimism surrounding a potential Middle East peace agreement boosted risk appetite, helping investors look past concerns over a more hawkish Federal Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh.Dow Jones Today | Nasdaq | S&P 500 Live Updates: The recovery followed a broad selloff in the previous session, when all three major Wall Street indexes declined after Warsh reiterated the Fed's commitment to taming inflation and policymakers signaled that additional interest-rate hikes could still be on the table. Show more Show less1 New UpdateDow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: Architect Labs raises $24 million to take on Broadcom, Marvell custom chip businessArchitect Labs said on Thursday ​it had raised $24 million ​in seed funding to build a company that will ​use artificial intelligence to speed and ease the design of custom chips.American chip giant Broadcom and its smaller rival Marvell help design custom AI and ‌other general-purpose computing ⁠chips for ⁠cloud computing companies like Amazon and Alphabet's Google. The custom chips designed by Marvell ​and Broadcom generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue and offer an ​alternative to Nvidia's powerful hardware.Architect Labs aims to cheapen and speed the process, which now takes roughly two years and costs hundreds ​of millions of dollars in labor costs ⁠and research ‌and development.Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: RUM Group surges 16% on rebrand and Northern Data deal; Smith & Wesson soars 15%Early movers Thursday delivered sharp gains on the back of corporate milestones. Rumble jumped 16% after rebranding to RUM Group and completing its acquisition of German AI cloud firm Northern Data, signalling a bold pivot toward artificial intelligence infrastructure. Smith & Wesson surged 15.3% after the gunmaker reported a fourth-quarter rise in sales, buoying investor confidence in the stock.Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: US futures rebound on Mideast peace hopes, offsetting Fed rate hike fearsU.S. stock index futures recovered Thursday as optimism over a Middle East peace deal lifted investor sentiment, helping markets shake off concerns about a hawkish Federal Reserve under new Chair Kevin Warsh. Nasdaq 100 E-minis led the rebound, rising 1.49%, while S&P 500 E-minis gained 0.75% and Dow E-minis added 0.32%. The bounce comes a day after all three major indices fell as investors braced for further rate hikes, following Warsh's strong inflation-fighting stance and signals from other policymakers of higher borrowing costs ahead.Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: Accenture tumbles 11% after trimming revenue forecast, announcing $4.2 billion deal spreeShares of Accenture fell more than 11% in premarket trading after the IT services giant lowered the upper end of its annual revenue forecast, overshadowing a string of acquisition announcements. The company said it would acquire a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Dragos and fully buy runZero and NetRise in deals collectively valued at $4.18 billion, as it seeks to strengthen its security offerings.Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: US stocks head for weekly gains with focus on triple witchingU.S. stock indexes were on track to post a second straight weekly advance ahead of Friday's Juneteenth holiday, with investors balancing optimism over easing geopolitical tensions against concerns about higher interest rates. Attention is also turning to Thursday's quarterly "triple witching" expiry of stock options, index options and futures contracts, an event that can amplify trading volumes and market volatility, while weekly jobless claims data is expected to provide fresh insight into the health of the labor market.Dow Jones| Nasdaq | US Stock Market Today | Live: Oil slump tempers rate-hike fears as traders scale back Fed tightening betsFalling oil prices offered investors some relief on Thursday, helping ease concerns about persistent inflation even as markets increased their expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening. Traders now see a 50% chance of a 25-basis-point rate hike in September, up from 27% a day earlier, but crude's slide to a more than three-month low fueled hopes that price pressures could cool without the need for additional rate increases.