Quotes of Brent crude oil at the auction on March 13 fell to a daily low of $98.45, down 1.5% from the previous close. Futures for the U.S. Mark WTI oil also fell to $93.03, losing more than 2%. At the same time during the session, Brent jumped up to $102.75 per barrel amid the ongoing escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, while WTI traded at an intraday high above $98.

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The Token2049 cryptocurrency conference - one of the world's largest - will not take place in Dubai next month as planned amid Iran's ongoing missile strikes on the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/dubai-crypto-event-token2049-postponed-as-iran-war-continues?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;embedded-checkout=true">reports. </a>

Dubai postponed one of the largest cryptocurrency conferences in the world due to Iranian attacks

Oil prices may remain well above current levels and in the long term approach $150-$200 per barrel amid the ongoing conflict over Iran, says former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Olivier Blanchard, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-prices-inflation-iran-trump-iea-imf-chief-economist-hormuz-2026-3">writes</a> BusinessInsider.

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Adobe Inc.

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

SentinelOne, Inc.

PagerDuty, Inc.

ServiceTitan, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Dollar General Corporation

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

Firefly Aerospace Inc.

The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

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NATO on Friday, March 13, intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile that entered Turkish airspace, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/nato-intercepts-third-iranian-missile-in-turkish-airspace?embedded-checkout=true">quoted by </a>Bloomberg. According to Turkish media, the interception apparently took place in the sky above Incirlik airbase, where hundreds of U.S. military personnel are stationed - sirens sounded there, the agency reports.

NATO forces shot down an Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey. This is the third time

Any war in the Middle East is usually perceived as a global risk for the economy. Oil rises, logistics become more expensive, and markets get nervous. But if you look more closely, this turbulence has beneficiaries. One of them is China.

How China is tacitly benefiting from the Gulf War

If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed until April, the cost of oil could exceed 2008 highs, Goldman Sachs has warned

U.S. intervention in oil futures trading risks 'biblical disaster' - CME

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Hyperliquid Strategies Inc.

Strategy Inc

Bloomberg believes that a bullish trend has begun to form in the cryptocurrency market. Elena Nefedova, Head of the Investment Department at Astero Falcon, tells us what signs there are that it may be on the verge of reversal and what investors should pay attention to in this regard.

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Meta Platforms, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Amazon.com, Inc.

Apple Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Sirens and explosions were heard and smoke from a fire was seen in Dubai on the morning of Friday, March 13. The U.S. has temporarily allowed the purchase of Russian oil already at sea to stabilize energy markets amid a war with Iran. Ma has delayed the launch of its new Avocado AI model until May-June due to weaker performance compared to Google Gemini. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of March 13.

Main things for the morning: Dubai hit, US brought RF oil back to the market, Mag7 on the verge of correction

U.S. Treasury Department authorization allows a month to buy oil from Russia stuck at sea 

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Microsoft Corporation

Several operators are thinking of changing the terms of inclusion of companies in the indices in anticipation of the IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic

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BP p.l.c.

Shell plc

Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

So far, securities in the sector have not shown any particular dynamics, although Brent and WTI have updated their highs for four years

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