Global Equities Slide as Investors Hedge Into Weekend on Iran Impasse

📉 MARKETS — Nobody wants to hold risk over a weekend when the MOU has no signature. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Weekend positioning reveals what daily headlines obscure: institutional desks see no credible resolution before Monday. With the Ford damage exposed, Oman's terminal hit, and Khamenei's adviser flagging unresolved MOU elements, risk managers are pricing a gap-open scenario. Defensive rotation now is the market's clearest verdict on MOU timing.