{"id":87037,"date":"2026-06-08T18:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=87037"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:41:35","slug":"monday-8th-june-2026-global-stocks-slide-amid-renewed-middle-east-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-8th-june-2026-global-stocks-slide-amid-renewed-middle-east-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 8th June 2026: Global Stocks Slide Amid Renewed Middle East Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 3.75%, Shanghai Composite down 1.26% Hang Seng down 1.28% ASX down 0.70%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,432.87 (-0.51%) Silver at $67.942 (-1.69%), Brent Oil at $96.67 (3.94%), WTI Oil at $93.98 (3.80%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.573, UK 10-year yield at 4.9100, Germany 10-year yield at 3.0376<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(USD) Non-Farm Employment Change&nbsp; 172K&nbsp; to 85K &nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Global markets faced renewed pressure on Monday after Iran reportedly launched missiles at Israel, threatening a fragile ceasefire and escalating tensions in the Middle East. Israel responded with strikes targeting western and central Iran, raising fears of a broader conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. futures reflected mixed sentiment. Dow Jones futures fell 75 points, while S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures posted modest gains. Asian markets traded lower, with South Korea\u2019s Kospi leading losses. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng, China\u2019s CSI 300, and Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 also declined sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reported Iranian strike has intensified concerns over the durability of the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. The attack followed comments from Iran\u2019s parliament speaker, who accused the U.S. of violating ceasefire commitments through its naval actions and regional policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investor sentiment was already weakened after Friday\u2019s steep sell-off on Wall Street. The Nasdaq recorded its biggest one-day decline since April 2025, while the S&amp;P 500 and Dow also suffered significant losses. Stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data pushed Treasury yields higher, fueling concerns that elevated interest rates could increase financing costs and pressure companies investing heavily in artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attention now turns to key inflation reports, including the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, due later this week. Investors will also closely watch the public debut of SpaceX on Friday, expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Wall Street history and a major test of market enthusiasm for AI-related investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>11:50 PM GMT &#8211; JPY Final GDP q\/q<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Global markets faced renewed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":84958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87038,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87037\/revisions\/87038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}