The war in the Middle East lasts for the eighth day. The main events of the day - in this material.

Iran promises to stop shelling neighbors, Dubai airport closed: eighth day of war

Michael Toomey, an equity trader at Jefferies, thinks the market may have already bottomed despite the acrimony over the Iran war. "Ma thinks this has been the <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/samyj-bystryj-rost-nefti-v-istorii-i-indeks-straha-pod-30-itogi-pervoj-nedeli-vojny">most painful week</a> in a long time in terms of results, and we're approaching a number of stress levels that usually help the market form a bottom," he <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-500-and-nasdaq-set-for-rise-as-payrolls-awaited/card/6-reasons-stocks-could-head-higher-from-here-according-to-a-jefferies-trader-RTM9vGtd96QwNKDu2y1J">told</a> MarketWatch. Toomey cited six signs that suggest stocks could start to rise from current levels.

A Jefferies trader found 6 reasons for stocks to rise. He admitted that the market is already at the bottom

Strategist Michael Hartnett of Bank of America suggests investors sell oil at prices above $90, weaken bets on the U.S. currency if the dollar index rises above 100, and buy long-term U.S. government bonds if yields reach 5%. On Friday, oil has already <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/samyj-bystryj-rost-nefti-v-istorii-i-indeks-straha-pod-30-itogi-pervoj-nedeli-vojny">crossed the </a>$90 per barrel mark and the dollar index has <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/samyj-bystryj-rost-nefti-v-istorii-i-indeks-straha-pod-30-itogi-pervoj-nedeli-vojny">come</a> close to the 100 level.

Sell oil, buy bonds: BofA announces trading strategy for the time of war

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The conflict in the Middle East has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds of merchant ships and oil tankers have been blocked. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed the idea of providing ships with a U.S. Navy escort, and on Friday he ordered the <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-budut-strahovat-poteri-sudov-v-ormuzskom-prolive-na-summu-do-20-mlrd">launch of a</a> risk insurance mechanism. Analysts earlier warned that it might not be enough.

Insurance is not the main problem. Analysts on Trump's Hormuz security plan

Qatar appears to have loaded its first liquefied natural gas tanker after an escalating conflict in the Middle East <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ceny-na-gaz-v-evrope-podskocili-na-47-posle-priostanovki-spg-kompleksa-v-katare">forced it to halt</a> production and declare force majeure, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/qatar-appears-to-have-loaded-first-lng-cargo-since-force-majeure">writes,</a> citing ship tracking data.

Qatar sends first LNG tanker after halting exports due to war - Bloomberg

Last year, several players in the region pledged to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the US

Gulf states discuss investment review due to war pressures - FT

By the end of the first week of the large-scale operation of the U.S. and Israel against Iran, the best dynamics in Asia were demonstrated by the Chinese markets, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/chinese-markets-weather-iran-war-turmoil-better-than-asian-peers">noted</a>. Shares of Chinese companies traded on the domestic market (Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 index), during this time lost only about 1%, while in other Asian markets the decline <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/u-akcij-azii-hudsaa-nedela-za-6-let-u-nefti-rekord-s-2022-go-7-den-vojny-v-irane">exceeded</a> 6%, writes Bloomberg.

'Investor safe haven': China's markets fared best in Asia after a week of war in Iran

Brent hasn't been worth that much for two years

U.S. stocks have fallen sharply due to oil above $90, bad data and Trump's ultimatum

Oil price could rise to $150, says country's energy minister

War threatens to bring Middle East oil and gas production to a complete halt, Qatar says

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Oracle Corporation

Victoria's Secret & Co.

The Gap, Inc.

Marvell Technology, Inc.

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: macro data will increase volatility

Sectra AB (publ)

RENK Group AG

ITV plc

However, there are "no signs of a large-scale panic sell-off", Barclays strategists state

The week after the Iran war began could be the worst for EU stocks in almost a year

Currency strategists are betting on the dollar weakening against the euro soon, a Reuters poll showed