A busy week lies ahead on the US economic calendar, with more inflation data expected, while the rhetoric in the Middle East is mounting again. 

Crypto markets spent the weekend in the red as hopes for a peace deal between the US and Iran remain fragile.

US equity market futures have opened lower as investors await details of US-Iran talks in Switzerland, according to the Kobeissi Letter.

Meanwhile, President Trump has ramped up the rhetoric again, posting on Truth Social on Sunday:

“Iran must immediately stop their highly paid proxies in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only…