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US open: Stocks head south as Trump threatens to hit Iran 'extremely hard'

By Iain Gilbert

Date: Thursday 02 Apr 2026

(Sharecast News) - Major indices were firmly in the red early on Thursday after Donald Trump threatened to "hit" Iran "extremely hard".
As of 1515 BST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.23% at 45,990.81, while the S&P 500 shed 1.21% to 6,495.70 and the Nasdaq Composite came out of...

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