Terrible news out of the Middle East continues:
Terrorist attacks on shipping in mid-East water continue also, a tanker was hit in the Red Sea.
Oil has opened higher on the intensifying fears of further escalation and potential supply restrictions:
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US equity index futures have opened lower.