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Alexander Weitzman works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.

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Stocks rise and oil prices ease as Wall Street keeps yo-yoing because of the war with Iran

Stocks rise and oil prices ease as Wall Street keeps yo-yoing because of the war with Iran

Hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran pushed stocks higher on Wall Street, while oil prices eased. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in its latest flip-flop after the United States delivered a plan to pause the war to Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.8%. But the moves were shaky, and the S&P 500 briefly came close to erasing all of its jump, which maxed out at 1.2% during the morning. Stock indexes rose more than 1% across Europe and Asia. Gold's price also climbed after Treasury yields eased in the bond market.