Wall Street set to open lower ahead of Trump Iran decision

Reuters 

By Medha Singh

A U.S. withdrawal would tighten economic sanctions on Iran, curtailing the country's output that could bolster this year's 13

Crude prices were down about 1 percent - easing from 2014 highs, which had boosted Wall Street in the past two sessions - ahead of Trump's decision at 1800 GMT (2:00 p.m. ET).

"(Trump's decision) has been so well covered, it's probably all in the price by now. And most recent commentary seems to be that after all the bluster, he may only partially withdraw from the deal," said Frances Hudson, at

At 8:33 a.m. ET, Dow were down 37 points, or 0.15 percent. were down 5.5 points, or 0.21 percent and were down 13.75 points, or 0.2 percent.

"Depending on the magnitude of being affected, it could spillover to the rest of equities in general," said Andre Bakhos, at in Bernardsville,

Shares of fell 1.8 percent premarket after reported the is preparing to make an all-cash offer for that Twenty-First Century Fox has agreed to sell to for $52 billion.

Fox's shares rose 2.4 percent. Disney, which is due to report its results after markets close, was down 0.7 percent.

gained 1.6 percent after hiring Tim Stone, who had led Amazon's $13.7-billion integration with Whole Foods, as its

dipped 1.2 percent after its quarterly revenue came below expectations due to a drop in its legacy pay-TV subscriptions.

advanced 1.8 percent after invested $1.2 billion in the bank, citing its low risk and reliable revenue.

(Reporting by in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)

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First Published: Tue, May 08 2018. 18:38 IST