Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Futures Rise, Nasdaq Falls as Bessent Intensifies Economic Pressure on Iran

U.S. stock futures were higher on Friday, as the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 indices rose following Thursday's higher close. Treasury yields pulled back from multi-decade highs Thursday, with a rout in semiconductor stocks sending investors into government bonds, according to the Coase letter. The 10-year Treasury yield traded around 5.085% Thursday, down from a 24-year high of 5.36% last week. Separately, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington would intensify economic pressure on Iran, writing that Reuters reported Iran's seaborne crude exports fell to zero in the second week of September and remained at zero as of October 5th. Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 5.10 percent and the 2-year Treasury bond yielded 4.74 percent at the last check. The CME Group's FedWatch tool projections show markets pricing in an 85.1 percent likelihood of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged after its October meeting. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF were higher in premarket trading on Friday. SPY was up 0.24% at $773.67, while the QQQ advanced 0.13% to $728.98. Stocks in focus for today are Interactive Brokers Group was 1.14% lower in pre-market trading on Friday after it reported third quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $0.67 per share on revenue of $1.91 billion after the closing bell on Thursday, compared with estimates of $0.68 per share and $1.89 billion. J.B. Hunt Transport Services slipped 1.33% as it missed expectations with earnings of $1.82 per share on revenue of $3.68 billion after the closing bell on Thursday, compared with estimates of $1.90 per share and $3.58 billion. Alcoa was 2.13% higher in pre-market trading on Friday after it reported mixed third-quarter 2026 earnings of $1.82 per share on revenue of $3.70 billion after the closing bell on Thursday, compared with estimates of $1.47 per share and $3.79 billion. Tesla was 4.36% higher in pre-market trading on Friday as it officially unveiled the awaited Roadster high-performance vehicle, showing off the car's hovering capabilities powered by thrusters from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. CoreWeave sank 4.09% in pre-market trading on Friday as its bonds hit a 15% yield, and Gartner said neoclouds may face impairment losses by 2030. Thank you for watching and make sure to subscribe.