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S&P 500 futures are little changed after major averages rebound on easing oil prices: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images S&P 500 futures were near the flat line Monday night after the major averages bounced in light of cooling oil prices. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.1%, while […]
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Dow bounces 400 points to start the week as oil prices fall back to below $95 a barrel: Live updates
Traders works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on March 5, 2026 in New York City. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Stocks rose on Monday, while oil prices pulled back as Wall Street tried to recover from another losing week, with investors monitoring the latest […]
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Oil crisis unlikely to lead to bear market, says CFRA’s Sam Stovall
Though oil prices have spiked in the aftermath during the Iran war, disruption in energy markets probably won’t lead to a major downturn in U.S. stocks, according to Sam Stovall at CFRA Research. The war – now in its third week – has brought about the biggest oil supply disruption in history by closing the […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as oil tops $100 amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions
A screen displays Nikkei 225 Stock Average inside the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. Japanese stocks surged to fresh record highs, while bonds dropped, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured a landslide victory. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets […]
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U.S. oil prices top $100 as Trump administration threatens strikes on Iran’s crude export facilities
U.S. crude prices topped $100 per barrel Sunday evening, as the Trump administration weighs military strikes on OPEC member Iran’s key oil export facilities on Kharg Island. U.S. crude oil rose 2.64% to $101.32 per barrel by 6:15 p.m. ET. Brent prices, the international benchmark, were up 2.94% to $106.17 per barrel. President Donald Trump […]
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Oil poised for further gains as Middle East conflict threatens export facilities
Oil prices could extend gains at Monday’s open as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran entered a third week, putting oil infrastructure at risk and keeping the Strait of Hormuz shut in the world’s largest supply disruption. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, drawing a defiant response of […]
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The biggest release of emergency oil stockpiles in history was announced. Why crude may keep rising
The oil market sent a clear signal this week that a massive release of stockpiled crude by the U.S. and its allies is nowhere near enough to address the unprecedented supply disruption triggered by the Iran war. More than 30 nations in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia agreed to flood the market with 400 […]
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Trump says U.S. ‘obliterated’ military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island but didn’t ‘wipe out’ oil infrastructure
A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Planet Labs Pbc | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he directed the U.S. Central Command to carry out a bombing raid, hitting military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island. “Moments ago, at my direction, the United […]
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Trump can’t ‘drill, baby, drill’ his way out of this Iran-inspired oil crisis: Experts
President Donald Trump promised to “drill, baby, drill” on the presidential campaign trail. It’s not going to bail him out of this oil crisis spurred by the war he started in Iran, lawmakers and analysts say. Trump and Republicans last year aggressively ramped up policies favorable to fossil fuels after romping to an electoral victory […]
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Oil holds near $100 as Trump says America ‘has ammunition and plenty of time’ to fight Iran war
The Callisto tanker sits anchored in Port Sultan Qaboos as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 12, 2026. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, held near $100 on Friday morning as the U.S.-Iran war heads toward its third […]
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