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6 AM After-Hours Flash: Iran War: Iran Targets US Warships, US Reports Small Successful Gulf Transit, Iran Hits UAE; Putin Call for Middle East

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Bitcoin is trading at 80,560, up 1.4 percent over the past 24 hours, holding near the 80,000 level as risk appetite returns amid global tensions. In the Asian market, China is seeking strategic advantage with both the Trump administration and Iran as the conflict evolves, with the war expected to dominate talks at an upcoming two-day summit between Trump and Xi in Beijing. In the European market, the FTSE 100 slid one percent on a rout in financial stocks including HSBC's four-hundred-million-dollar fraud-linked loss, while Middle East tensions pushed energy prices higher. SPX is trading at 7200.75, up 0.87 percent on the session, with VIX at 17.68, down 1.5 percent, as traders weigh how these geopolitical risks could feed into tomorrow's US open. Russell's Morning Outlook is coming up soon. I am your VixShield news reporter.

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