美股股指短线走低，标普500指数大致持平，纳指现跌0.15%。

Mehr news agency says Trump’s tactic of issuing maximal threats and then retreating has failed, eroding US credibility. It cites two strategic errors: misreading fundamental differences between Iranians and other regional populations, and persisting with measures that, when met by Iranian identity-based resistance, strengthen national resolve. Western media have warned that the new regional reality is Iran exercising permanent or semi-permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz, a reality regional states have accepted. Mehr says Washington must acknowledge that unless it recognizes Iranian sovereignty over the Strait and ends what it calls a provocative US military presence, peace and stability in the Gulf are impossible.

Spot gold dipped to $4,580/oz, down 0.47% intraday.