Rising Bond Yields, Oil Prices Depress Wall Street Pre-Bell; Asia, Europe Off

07:07 AM EDT, 09/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Wall Street futures pointed moderately lower pre-bell Tuesday as rising bond yields and oil prices, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties in the Middle East, continued to pressure equity values. In the futures, the SP 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones were all down about 0.3% pre-bell. The Federal Reserve starts its two-day policy session in Washington this morning, culminating with a rate announcement on Wednesday afternoon. The CME FedWatch places a 92.5% chance that the US central bank will lift rates by 0.25%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded up 1.9% at $103.33 in morning action, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries topped 5%. The VanEck Semiconductor fund (SMH) traded up 0.5% pre-bell. Asian exchanges traded lower overnight on the oil and interest-rate outlook, and after a slate of tepid economic reports from Beijing, including soft housing, investment and retail-sales bulletins. European bourses tracked moderately south midday on the continent. On the economic calendar is the Empire State Manufacturing Index for September, at 8:30 am ET. In pre-market action, bitcoin traded at $76,885, and spot gold commanded $4,275 an ounce.