{"id":72953,"date":"2026-05-04T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/04\/wall-street-poised-to-open-lower-20\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:10:01","slug":"wall-street-poised-to-open-lower-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/04\/wall-street-poised-to-open-lower-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Poised To Open Lower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Investor sentiments continue to be stressed by the Middle East conflict on Monday. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open lower. <\/p>\n<p>As of 7.50 am ET, the Dow futures were losing 222.00 points, the S&amp;P 500 futures were down 12.00 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were sliding 7.50 points.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. major averages ended Friday mixed. The Dow fell 152.87 points or 0.3 percent to 49,499.27, the S&amp;P 500 rose 21.11 points or 0.3 percent to 7,320.12 and the Nasdaq advanced 222.13 points or 0.9 percent to 25,144.44.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, the Jobless Claims for the week will be issued at 8.30 am ET. The consensus is 205K, while it was up 189K in the  prior week. <\/p>\n<p>The Productivitiy and Costs for the first quarter will be issued at 8.30 am ET. In the prior quarter, the consensus is 1.7 percent, while it was up 1.8 percent. <\/p>\n<p>The Construction Spending for February will be issued at 10.00 am ET. The consensus is 0.2 percent. The consensus for March consensus is 0.4 percent. <\/p>\n<p>The Energy Information Administration or EIA&#8217;s Natural Gas Report for the week will be released at 10.30 am ET. In the prior week, the gas stock was up 79 bcf. <\/p>\n<p>The Consumer Credit for March will be issued at 3.00 pm ET. The consensus is $12 billion, while it was up $9.5 billion in February. <\/p>\n<p>The Fed Balance Sheet for the week will be published at 4.30 pm ET. In the prior week, the Level was up $6.7 trillion. <\/p>\n<p>Asian <span class=\"landLinks\">markets<\/span> rallied on Monday. The Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange gained 319 points or 1.24 percent  to finish trading at 26,095.88.<\/p>\n<p>Markets in China and Japan are closed for a holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s S&amp;P\/ASX200 closed trading at 8,697.10, down 33 points or 0.37 percent. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Business News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Wall Street Poised To Open Lower<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-05-04 12:10:01<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investor sentiments continue to be stressed by the Middle East conflict on Monday. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open lower. 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