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Stocks Settle Higher in Hopes for an Agreement to End the Iran War

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed up +1.02%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.63%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.06%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.98%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Apr 13

Dollar Turns Lower After President Trump Said Iran Wants a Deal

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.24%. The dollar gave up an early advance on Monday and fell to a 1.25-month low after stocks recovered when President Trump said that Iran still wanted to make a deal and reached out to the US over peace negotiations as...

Barchart · Apr 13

Crude Oil Rallies as US Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Begins

May WTI crude oil (CLK26 ) on Monday closed up +2.51 (+2.60%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK26 ) closed up +0.0787 (+2.59%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled sharply higher on Monday after peace talks between the US and Iran broke down over the weekend and President Trump imposed a...

Barchart · Apr 13

Crude Prices Jump as US Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Takes Hold

May WTI crude oil (CLK26 ) today is up +5.91 (+6.12%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK26 ) is up +0.1254 (+4.13%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today after peace talks between the US and Iran broke down over the weekend and President Trump imposed a blockade in...

Barchart · Apr 13

Stocks Recover as Oracle Leads Software Companies Higher

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.16%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.12%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Apr 13

Stocks Mixed as US Set to Blockade the Strait of Hormuz

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.21%. Stock indexes are mixed this morning even as crude oil prices surge after President...

Barchart · Apr 13

Current price of oil as of April 13, 2026

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Fortune · Apr 13

Cotton Trading with Monday AM Gains

Cotton price action is up 14 to 25 points early on Monday. Futures saw mixed trade on Friday, as contracts were 7 points lower to 10 points higher. May was up 230 points on the week. The US dollar index was $0.104 lower at $98.485. Crude oil is back up...

Barchart · Apr 13

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade risks new costs for the global economy

For weeks now, the world economy has been on tenterhooks, waiting for one outcome: reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The Conversation · Apr 13

Cotton Closes Mixed on Friday

Cotton futures saw mixed trade on Friday, as contracts were 7 points lower to 10 points higher. May was up 230 points on the week. The US dollar index was $0.104 lower at $98.485. Crude oil was down $2.24 on the day, as risk was taken off the table ahead...

Barchart · Apr 10