S&P futures are down 0.45% and Russell 2000 futures -1.1%. WTI Crude is up +3.4% to $77.20/bbl. with Reuters reporting this morning that Iran claimed to have hit a U.S. oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, though it has yet to be confirmed. The U.S. dollar Index is up +0.3%. The Wall Street Journal reports that a federal…