| BEFORE THE BELL: U.S. stock futures were mostly flat on Tuesday, with S&P 500 futures down 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures slipping 0.2%, as investors reacted to renewed hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal and awaited major tech earnings later this week. President Trump said “serious negotiations” with Iran are underway, helping ease some market concerns, while Brent crude oil fell 1.8% to $110.07 per barrel — still far above the roughly $70 level seen before the conflict began. Markets are also closely watching Nvidia earnings for signs that the AI boom remains strong. In corporate news, Google and Blackstone announced a new AI cloud venture backed by a $5 billion investment and targeting 500 megawatts of computing capacity by 2027. Meanwhile, Japan’s economy grew an annualized 2.1% in Q1, beating expectations of 1.7% growth. | 
