Futures Slide, Oil Tumbles After Dismal Chinese Data Futures Slide, Oil Tumbles After Dismal Chinese Data US equity futures stocks were mixed and commodities from oil to iron ore tumbled as the latest round of terrible data from China further clouded the outlook for the global economy, an unexpected rate cut from the PBOC notwithstanding. Contracts on both the SP 500 and Nasdaq 100 were lower by about 0.5% follows gains last week that sent the tech-heavy index up 22% from June to the highest since April, suggesting a four-week stocks rally - the longest since November 2020 - may stall at least until the $13Bn in daily buying from systematic funds and buybacks kicks in. Europe’s equity benchmark advanced about 0.2%, as corporate news buoyed healthcare stocks while miners and carmakers declined. Asian stocks added less than 0.1% and emerging-market stocks dropped. The dollar jumped as the Euro and yuan tumbled, crude oil plunged, the downside accelerating after Iran''s foreign minister said that a "basis exists for signing an agreement “in the very near future” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.