US stock futures pointed to a positive open on April 17, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts rising after major indices closed at record highs in the prior session. Improved investor sentiment tracked developing US-Iran peace negotiations, which eased geopolitical risk pricing across equities. The prospect of diplomatic progress between Washington and Tehran reduced a layer of uncertainty that had weighed on risk assets in recent weeks. Netflix was the session's sharpest outlier, with shares falling 11% in pre-market trading after the company issued earnings guidance below market expectations. The earnings miss introduces pressure on streaming-sector valuations more broadly, as Netflix remains a key benchmark for the group. Traders will monitor whether the diplomatic momentum on Iran holds and whether Netflix's guidance revision triggers a wider reassessment of growth-stock multiples heading into the earnings season.
Indian startups raised $5.2 billion across 501 deals in H1 2026, down 9% in value but up 7% in deal count year-on-year, per the Inc42 Indian Tech Startup Funding Report. The drop is driven by fewer mega-rounds, while AI funding surged 317% and growth-stage deal activity hit a multi-year high.
The BSE Sensex fell 893 points and the Nifty 50 shed 279 points on June 30, 2026, wiping out roughly Rs 6 lakh crore in investor wealth in a single session. Both indices dropped 1.16%, closing at 76,200.68 and 23,824.10 respectively.
Kotak Mahindra Bank shares fell nearly 3% to Rs 397.6 after CEO Ashok Vaswani announced plans to exit the bank. Investor concern now centres on succession timing and whether the bank's ongoing digital and deposit-growth strategy will stay on track.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 3% at Monday's open while Japan's Nikkei fell 1%, as escalating US-Iran conflict triggered a broad risk-off move across Asian markets. South Korea's heavy reliance on Middle East oil imports makes it especially vulnerable to geopolitical shocks of this kind.
