US Stocks-Wall St futures pause after AI rally, focus on Mideast tensions

Sept. 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were steady on Tuesday, following strong AI-driven gains in the previous session, while investors awaited potential talks between the United States and Iran that could end their six-month-old conflict.

Oil prices and the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR, which have driven recent market sentiment, hovered near warning levels, reflecting how investors were holding ground ahead of key events later this week.

Brent crude LCOc1 was near $100 a barrel and the 10-year yield was at 4.9%, as investors weighed comments by a senior Iranian official to Reuters that Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the US eases pressure.

US-Iran talks are expected on the sidelines of this week's United Nations General Assembly meeting, followed by a US-China summit on Thursday. Traders hope it will yield a resolution on the Middle East conflict and extend the trade truce with Beijing. President Donald Trump is also scheduled to meet several world leaders later in the day.