Middle East


Oil Prices Fall on Fresh Hopes for a Swift End to Iran War

The retreat follows a a 51% surge in crude oil prices in March for their largest monthly gain in nearly six years.

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Intel, Western Digital, Eli Lilly, Nike, RH, Exxon Mobil, and More Stock Market Movers

Intel stock jumps after the company agrees to repurchase Apollo Global Management’s 49% stake in a joint venture related to its Ireland chip factory.

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Exxon, Chevron, and More Oil Stocks Fall. Why That Could Be the New Normal.

Investors may have to get used to selloffs in oil stocks, given that the market is betting that the Iran war could end soon.

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Markets Make an Uneasy Truce With Iran War Risks. This Is What a Real Rally Needs.

Stock markets are hopeful. Oil markets less so. That doesn’t spell sustained gains.

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CoreWeave, Microsoft, McCormick, Constellation, Biogen, Marvell, and More Stock Market Movers

CoreWeave stock rises after the company closes a $8.5 billion delayed-draw term loan facility.

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Oil Prices See Largest Monthly Jump Since 2020 as Iran War Heads Into Its Second Month

Elevated crude prices could remain a problem for the stock market even if the Iran war ends. It all comes down to the Strait of Hormuz.

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U.S. Farmers Plan to Plant Less Corn in 2026. The Iran War Is One Reason.

One spillover effect of the conflict is higher fertilizer costs.

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Nvidia, Palo Alto, Alcoa, Boston Scientific, Sysco, CrowdStrike, Micron, and More Stock Market Movers

Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora purchased $10 million of stock after shares fell on concerns tied to Anthropic’s new artificial-intelligence model.

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LVMH and These 6 Other Luxury Stocks Are a Buy Despite the Iran War

Wars don’t tend to drive up demand for designer handbags and Swiss watches, but the luxury rebound remains on track.

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U.S. Oil Prices Surge Back Above $100 a Barrel After Rubio Names New Worry

President Donald Trump has tried to calm market fears by claiming progress with Iran, but oil prices tell a different story.

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Oil Execs See Higher Prices Ahead—and a Boost to Renewables

CEOs at a major energy conference expressed concerns about the cost of the war in Iran.

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Cathie Wood’s ARK Loves Buying the Dip. It's Selling This One.

ARK Invest trims its position in a bunch of tech stocks as the Nasdaq falls into correction territory.

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Is the Middle East Still Investible? Gulf Leaders Say So.

The Iran war has cast a shadow over the recent momentum of investors and asset managers flocking to the Middle East as the region tried to diversify beyond energy.

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Stock Market Is Hostage to Trump’s New Iran War Deadline

The S&P 500 remains nearly 5% lower on the month and looks fragile.

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These Stocks Are Today’s Movers: Meta, Alphabet, Super Micro, Coherent, Sandisk, Pony AI, Best Buy, and More

Meta and Alphabet shares slip after the Facebook parent and Google’s YouTube are found liable in a social media addiction trial.

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Review & Preview: Nasdaq In Correction

A storm of negative headlines, in addition to Iran, sent a wide range of tech stocks tumbling.

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Producers Are Looking Far Afield for Oil. It’s ‘An Old-Fashioned Land Grab.’

The war and peaking U.S. shale is leading oil companies to look for opportunities abroad.

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Why the Gold Rush Is Over for These Mining Stocks.

Mining stocks are on a bad run, and the selloff deepened on Thursday.

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Oil Prices Haven’t Peaked: Chevron CEO Issues a Stark Warning

According to Mike Wirth, markets aren’t properly pricing the energy supply shock in the Middle East.

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Rise. How the Iran War Has Made Crypto Calls Tougher.

Digital asset prices rallied even as benchmark oil futures rose early Tuesday.

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Review & Preview: Peace Rally?

The Dow rose more than 600 points for its best day since early February. Oil’s reset could still be slow going.

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Oil Is Back Under $100. Trump Says Iran Has Agreed to No Nuclear Weapons.

Brent and WTI fell sharply after President Donald Trump said Iran had agreed to no nuclear weapons on Monday.

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Norwegian, Super Micro, Freeport-McMoRan, Tesla, United Airlines, Synopsys, and More Stock Market Movers

Norwegian Cruise Lines rises to become the best performing stock in the S&P 500 index.

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Weighs In on AI and War. Here’s His Advice.

Fink shared his thoughts on everything from AI to tariffs to Social Security in his annual letter to shareholders on Monday.

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Review & Preview: Flirting With Correction

Stocks fell to session lows after President Trump told reporters, “I don’t want to do a cease-fire.”

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