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Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Wednesday as oil prices fell while Iran reviewed a U.S. proposal to end the war in the Middle East, feeding investor hopes for de-escalation in the fourth week of a war that has disrupted global energy flows and stoked...

Wall Street's main indexes were volatile on Tuesday as oil prices and U.S. Treasury yields rose, while investors reacted to the latest reports on the Middle East conflict a day after the market had a relief rally following the U.S. postponement of strikes on Iranian...

The main U.S. indexes closed up more than 1% on Monday as oil prices fell after the US President said he had ordered the military to postpone strikes against Iranian power plants following "productive conversations" with Tehran. However, Iran's Parliamentary Speaker...

Wall Street ended sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing at its lowest in six months, as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran entered its fourth week, deepening worries about inflation and the potential for higher interest rates. The conflict in the Middle...

Wall Street ended sharply lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held U.S. interest rates steady and projected only a single rate cut for the year as officials took stock of economic risks from surging oil prices and the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran. New...

Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday, with gains in Delta Air Lines and other travel stocks, while the Federal Reserve began its two-day policy meeting amid investors' worries about high oil prices and the Middle East conflict.  Shares of airlines and travel companies...

Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by gains in AI-related stocks, with Meta Platforms climbing after a report that it is preparing for sweeping layoffs, while oil prices retreated amid ongoing uncertainty about the Middle East conflict. Meta...

 U.S. stocks ended down on Friday, capping a week in which erratic crude oil prices whipsawed equities, as investors gauged how the war in Iran was affecting the global oil supply. All three major U.S. stock indexes logged daily and weekly declines. The small-cap...

U.S. stocks lost steam on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 giving up early gains to skid into negative territory as investors weighed fading hopes for an earlier-than-expected end to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran against a backdrop of renewed military threats and ongoing...

Wall Street stocks clawed their way back from a steep selloff to close higher on Monday, notching a final-hour rebound after the U.S. President suggested that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could be close to ending.All three indexes staged a late comeback after Trump...