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US stocks rallied and oil prices tumbled Monday after President Trump announced a five-day pause on plans to strike Iranian power plants – though analysts warned that prices are unlikely to completely normalize following severe damage to key Middle East energy facilities.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 631 points,
Gold hasn’t lived up to its status as a safe-haven asset during the three weeks of the Iran war, and that might actually be good news for equity investors, Morgan Stanley said.
The S&P 500-to-gold ratio has surged since the start of the war in Iran, which Morgan Stanley’s top equity strategist,
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Stock Market Today: The Indian stock market opened sharply higher on Tuesday, following a rally in global markets amid signs of de-escalation in the US-Iran war. The benchmarks Sensex and Nifty 50 gained over 2% in the opening trade.
The BSE Sensex jumped 1,516.08 points, or 2.09%, to open at 74,212.47,
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A cautious relief swept through financial markets after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war.
Oil prices eased Monday, and stock prices jumped on Wall Street following severe losses taken elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% for its best day since the war began.
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Palantir’s revenue soared 70% year over year in its most recent quarter.
Its commercial business in the United States continues to expand at a staggering pace, jumping 137% year over year.
The stock’s price-to-earnings ratio is 255,
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Vitesse Energy uses hedging to protect itself against oil price movements, but it’s not perfect, and the stock still has exposure to oil prices.
Until there’s a definitive cessation of hostilities, oil stocks are attractive to buy because they provide protection against a high oil price.
