People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 13, 2026.
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The U.S. stock market is hanging around its record high as Wall Street waits for the next signal on what will happen with the U.S.-Iran war. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early trading Wednesday. The index is coming off nine gains in the last 10 days as hopes have built that another round of U.S.-Iran talks could prevent a worst-case scenario for the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 165 points, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.2%. Treasury yields held relatively stready in the bond market and crude oil prices didn't move much.
