Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Futures Slide Amid US And Israel 'Operation Epic Furry' Against Iran— HKD, AARD, MDB In Focus (UPDATED)

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.
U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Monday following Friday’s losses. Futures of the major benchmark indices were negative amid the ongoing Iran-U.S. conflict.
Over the weekend, the 86-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the strikes carried out by Israel and the U.S. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump suggested that the current U.S. and Israel’s military strikes against Iran, also called “Operation Epic Furry,” could persist for "four to five weeks," if necessary.
According to Polymarket, the chances of the index opening higher on March 2 crashed to a mere 10% chance, a 40% drop from previous levels, as over $1.07 million in volume poured into the contract