South Korea Financial Markets
Dealers work near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 30, 2026.
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U.S. stocks swung as oil prices kept climbing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Monday and deepened its loss since the war began to pull 9.1% below its record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.7%. Caution was prevalent throughout markets. After jumping to an initial gain of 0.9%, the S&P 500 quickly erased nearly all of it before seesawing lower. Indexes rose in Europe but fell sharply in some Asian markets, while the price of U.S. oil topped $100 per barrel.
