Tehran blocked the strait less than a day after announcing its full opening

Iran has canceled the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Two ships hit by gunfire - Reuters

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Donald Trump reiterated the imminent end of the war with Iran, claiming Tehran will suspend its nuclear program. Volatility amid the Middle East conflict helped Wall Street banks earn record trading profits, while sales of luxury brands remain under pressure. TSMC and ASML raised forecasts amid robust demand for AI chips. The main events of April 13-17 are in our review.

Highlights of the week: US-Iran pact, chipmakers raised forecasts, luxury sagged

On Friday, April 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arkakchi <a href="https://t.me/SeyedAbbasAraghchiIr/6266">announced</a> that the Strait of Hormuz has fully opened to commercial shipping. This came after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day cease-fire a day earlier. Araqchi noted that ships could travel through the strait along an "agreed route" during the period of the agreement.

Why did Iran open the Strait of Hormuz? 

Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/trump-says-iran-to-suspend-nuclear-program-won-t-get-funds">reports</a> citing a telephone interview with him. The US president denied that the moratorium on Iran's nuclear program will expire in 20 years. Asked whether the program would be suspended completely, Trump said, "No years, no limits."

Trump says Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear program

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

Morning in New York: the market may take a pause after the rally

The International Energy Agency is already recording the first signs of demand destruction in the oil market

Recovery of oil and gas industry after war will take two years - IEA head

The leaders of Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire after the two countries met in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116415122630904602">said</a> Thursday, April 16, on Truth Social. That could reduce broader tensions in the region, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/trump-says-israel-lebanon-agree-to-10-day-ceasefire">noted</a>, as fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon threatened to derail the Iranian-American truce.

Israel and Lebanon agree on 10-day ceasefire - Trump

The US currency risks going into a multi-year correction, Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff has warned

'Overvalued by 20%': why does the former IMF chief economist expect the US dollar to fall?

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A Fox News journalist announced an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump in which he was quoted as saying, "The war [in the Middle East] is over". Meta has extended its partnership with Broadcom until 2029 to scale its own AI chips and reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. Amazon is buying satellite company Globalstar for $11.6 billion to compete with Starlink and launch direct-to-smartphone connectivity - without the use of cell towers. These and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of April 15.

Top story by morning: Trump called war 'over' - Fox, Anthropic valued at $800 billion

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Morning in New York: reporting season will support the bulls

Last Tuesday, the good folks at Anthropic changed the world's balance of power by releasing a butterfly of rare beauty. The formal name of this butterfly is Greta Oro, but for the transparency of its wings it is popularly nicknamed Glasswing. Someone at Anthropic is clearly suffering from excessive encyclopedic knowledge, and a hundred-million-dollar project of the highest importance has been named after Glasswing, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=26576162622014416&amp;id=100001421183263&amp;rdid=tigZL14PLotqomiz#">writes</a> Mikael Gorsky, an AI researcher at the Holon Institute of Technology and author of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sam-altman-howard-moskowitz-mikael-alemu-gorsky-ylilf/?trackingId=R3luiA52Qj%2BTeR5ZyyN1hw%3D%3D">The AI Pravda</a>.

$100 million for containment: why Anthropic won't release Claude Mythos

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The cost of <b>Brent</b> crude oil <a href="https://www.ice.com/products/219/Brent-Crude-Futures/data?marketId=6018433">fell</a> below $100 per barrel in trading on April 13, the price growth slowed to less than 5%. The cost of U.S. oil <b>WTI</b> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CL1:COM">declined</a> at a low of $99.04 per barrel, which corresponds to an increase of 2.6% for the day.