
The Nasdaq Composite about-faced mid-morning and resumed its upward march on Thursday, as tech stocks carry on in the face of war. All three main U.S. equity indexes spent time in the red before rising, keeping a bullish trend intact, despite multiple disruptions and continuing volatility in the crude oil market.
According to Bloomberg, leaders in the Middle East and Europe say it'll take "about six months" to negotiate a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran and are calling for the parties to open the Strait of Hormuz immediately.