5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens [Video]

U.S. stock futures are gaining and oil prices falling as investors turn their sights to the earnings season and increasingly bet that Iran’s attack on Israel won’t escalate into a broader conflict; Samsung Electronics overtook Apple (AAPL) as the world’s top smartphone provider in the first quarter; the Commerce Department has awarded up to $6.4 billion to Samsung to expand its U.S. chip facilities; shares of Salesforce (CRM) are slipping in premarket trading on a report it is in talks to buy Informatica (INFA); and Goldman Sachs (GS) shares are rising after it posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. Here’s what investors need to know today.

U.S. stock futures are gaining and oil prices falling as investors increasingly bet that Iran’s attack on Israel won’t escalate and the conflict in the Middle East could be contained. Brent crude futures had climbed to a 6-month high above $92…