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Wall Street Breakfast

Futures tick up after U.S. strikes in Iran

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business, Investing, Business News, News

3.8950 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Stock index futures in green after U.S. strikes nuclear sites in Iran. (00:27) Walmart-backed PhonePe reportedly seeking $1.5 billion in planned India IPO. (01:30) Texas governor signs law mandating warnings on certain foods. (02:00)

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

It's good to have you here, and it's great to be with you on this Monday, June 23rd. I'm Julie Morgan.

0:15.5

A fresh conflict in the Middle East, but futures are still in the green. A $15 billion listing looms and

0:22.4

candy gets a red flag in the state where everything is bigger. Stock index futures are positive

0:29.5

pre-market as investors assess U.S. strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend.

0:35.7

As of the time of this recording, S&P futures are up 0.2%,

0:40.9

NASDAQ futures are up 0.3% and Dow futures are up 0.1%. The U.S. on Saturday night conducted

0:50.2

military strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran. Deutsche Bank's Jim Reed said in terms of what

0:56.8

this all means for markets going forward, it's really all about whether the Iranian regime weaponizes

1:03.1

oil, and in particular whether they seek to close the strait of Harmuz, where over 20% of the

1:09.3

world's oil flows daily. The strikes fueled a spike in oil

1:13.3

prices and stoked fears of broader conflict in the Middle East. Iran's parliament voted on Sunday

1:19.7

to close the straight in response to U.S. strikes, although the final decision lies with Iran's

1:25.6

Supreme National Security Council and the Supreme Leader.

1:30.1

Phone pay is preparing to file preliminary documents for its initial public offering in India

1:35.3

to raise as much as $1.5 billion. Phone pay is an Indian fintech firm backed by Walmart.

1:42.6

Bloomberg reported on Monday that the deal would value phone pay at

1:46.3

about $15 billion. The report said that the company is planning to submit a prospectus for the

1:52.6

listing by as early as August. Phone pay moved from Singapore to India in December 2022.

2:00.5

There's a new Texas law requiring warning labels on foods and beverages like M&Ms, cinnamon

2:06.6

toast crunch, and Fanta.

2:08.9

Governor Greg Abbott signed Bill 25 on Sunday night, which aims to eliminate ingredients

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