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Futures: Dow down 0.3%, S&P down 0.08%, Nasdaq up 0.26%

Asset managers dip as Partners Group caps withdrawals on PE fund

Broadcom gains ahead of quarterly results after market close

S&P Global's manufacturing and services survey, ISM services due

Updates prices to pre-market open

By Medha Singh and Twesha Dikshit

- The S&P 500 and the Dow were poised to open lower on Wednesday, as a fresh Middle East flare-up pushed oil prices higher and cast doubt on a quick end to the war.

Brent crude futures rose over 2% after an Iranian missile attack damaged Kuwait's airport and the U.S. military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, raising the risk of further supply disruption that could stoke broader inflation. O/R

"It is not in the interest of either the U.S. or Iran to go back towards fighting and bombing. Our base case scenario remains that we would be moving towards a deal; even if it's a fudge to get the Strait of Hormuz opened," Jefferies economist Mohit Kumar wrote in a note.

At 08:14 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis YMcv1 were down 156 points, or 0.3%, and S&P 500 E-minis EScv1 were down 6.25 points, or 0.08%. Nasdaq 100 E-minis NQcv1 were up 80 points, or 0.26%.

The S&P 500 closed above 7,600 for the first time on Tuesday, as all three major indexes ended at fresh peaks.

Wall Street's record run has been underpinned by a run of corporate updates reinforcing expectations of sustained AI spending.

Marvell Technology MRVL.O soared 12% in premarket trading to top $280 billion in market value, extending gains a day after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the chipmaker the next "trillion-dollar company."

Earlier this week, Nvidia NVDA.O launched new chips for PCs, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE.N moved up its earnings target and Alphabet GOOGL.O said it planned to raise $80 billion to fund its AI expansion.

Broadcom shares AVGO.O rose 2.3% ahead of the company's quarterly report due after market close. The results would be the next key test of AI-driven momentum. The stock has already risen 14% in the past four sessions.

Investors are awaiting upcoming economic data, including S&P Global's manufacturing and services surveys and the ISM services index, ahead of Friday's closely watched labor market report, which could shape expectations for monetary policy.

Money markets expect the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold for the remainder of the year, with growing odds of a 25 bps rate hike.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh pledged to follow "the best of the Fed's traditions" in a note to staff at the start of his four-year term.

In other corporate news, asset managers dropped after Switzerland's Partners Group PGHN.S capped withdrawals from an $8.6 billion private equity fund. KKR KKR.N, Blackstone BX.N, Blue Owl OWL.N and Ares Management ARES.N fell between 5.3% and 6.3%.

GameStop GME.N advanced 11% after posting a rise in quarterly revenue and unveiling a $2 billion share buyback program.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to price its IPO at $135 a share, ahead of a roadshow, to raise a record $75 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

The offering leads a wave of private companies preparing to go public, including Anthropic and OpenAI, after a prolonged drought in large-cap listings.