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US Stock Market Live Updates: US stock futures edged higher on Monday, signalling a cautious start to a holiday-shortened week as investors navigated persistent geopolitical tensions and a fresh uptick in energy prices. Movements in crude oil and bond yields remain key cues for broader risk sentiment.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 0.5%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained roughly 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively, pointing to modest optimism at the open.The move comes as crude prices climbed, with Brent rising around 2% to above $115 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate holding above $101. The gains followed comments from US President Donald Trump, who said Tehran had agreed to most elements of Washington’s proposed 15-point plan, including allowing additional oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.Despite the positive start, Wall Street enters the week on a weak footing, with the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq logging five straight weekly losses.Investors now turn to key labour market data, including JOLTS, ADP payrolls, and the March jobs report, with markets shut on Friday for Good Friday.Watch this space for LIVE US market updates.US President Donald Trump said there has been progress in ongoing discussions with Iran, even as he issued a stark warning that Washington could target the country’s energy infrastructure if an agreement is not reached quickly.“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched,’” he wrote in a Truth Social post.“This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year ‘Reign of Terror,’” he added.Oil prices climbed Monday as escalating West Asia tensions, after Houthi missile strikes and fresh rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, stoked fears over energy supply risks. Brent crude rose 2.5% to $115.45 a barrel, while WTI gained 1.5% to $101.17, with Brent up over 55% in March and on track for a record monthly surge.Aluminium prices surged on Monday amid fears of supply disruptions after Iranian strikes hit key production facilities in West Asia over the weekend, raising concerns over tighter availability and logistical bottlenecks.Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange climbed 3.85% to $3,420 per metric ton, hovering near a four-year high after earlier touching $3,492.Mining stocks rallied in response, with Alcoa shares jumping 10% and Century Aluminum gaining 11% in premarket trade.

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