Crude oil cratered as much as 8% on Monday after Washington paused its strike campaign against Iran, but a brutal sell-off in semiconductors wiped out Wall Street’s early relief rally, leaving the major averages mixed ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision and a wave of Magnificent Seven earnings.
“Iran wants to meet and we’re meeting. There’s a chance we can make a deal with Iran,” President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One at about 12:25 p.m. ET.