The restrictions will be in place until Ma. 31

Dubai to allow foreign airlines no more than one flight per day - Reuters

Physical North Sea crude oil prices rose to a record high on the back of Iran's continued control of the Strait of Hormuz, adding to market anxiety, <a href="http://ft.com/content/f04ad855-81e3-49c5-827e-d3c4acb901c9">says the</a> Financial Times (FT).

North Sea oil prices hit a new high due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

The Apple and Nvidia chip maker will release its full financial report for the quarter ended in March on April 16

TSMC sales soar by a third: AI frenzy outweighs investor fears of war

Legalizing Iranian fees for tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz would be a negative for the US dollar, Frontier Investments head Louis Laval has warned

The price of the Strait of Hormuz: How much Iran will get from duties on a fifth of its oil supplies

If the conflict in the Middle East continues, gas prices could soar another 100 percent, analyst says

Goldman Sachs warned of an "extremely painful" crisis in the gas market

Ship traffic through the key artery for energy supplies - the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran - remains at a minimum level despite the declared <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-i-iran-soglasilis-na-dvuhnedel-noe-peremirie-cena-nefti-wti-ruhnula-na-16">truce</a> between the U.S. and Iran, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/tankers-return-to-hormuz-ceasefire-disruption-to-last-weeks.html">writes</a>. According to experts in shipping and maritime transportation, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will not be restored to pre-war levels in the near future.

"Weeks, if not months": analysts on timeline for normalization of the Strait of Hormuz operation

Switzerland's largest bank sees investment opportunities in U.S. utility stocks, bonds and gold

Protective assets instead of euphoria: UBS names 5 risks after Middle East truce

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

The company is considering raising ticket prices

Delta projected $2 billion in losses due to rising fuel costs. Why did the stock soar?

The VIX Volatility Index, also known as the "Wall Street Fear Index," fell below 20 points for the first time since the U.S. war against Iran began. That's a level that, according to <a href="https://www.investing.com/academy/trading/vix-index-definition/#:~:text=How%20To%20Read%20The%20VIX%20Index:%20What%20Do%20the%20Numbers%20Mean?,-Copied&amp;text=The%20VIX%20index%20typically%20ranges,coincided%20with%20significant%20market%20events">Investing.com</a> grading, indicates "relative calm or complacency in the market."

"Fear Index" signaled détente on Wall Street for the first time since the war began

Dubai's benchmark stock index Dubai Financial Market General Index rose by 8.5% at its April 8 high, demonstrating the largest intraday growth since December 2014, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/dubai-stocks-soar-most-in-a-decade-on-iran-war-ceasefire-relief">noted</a>. Such dynamics it showed on the background of active purchases by investors of shares of local developers and banks after the U.S. and Iran <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-i-iran-soglasilis-na-dvuhnedel-noe-peremirie-cena-nefti-wti-ruhnula-na-16">agreed</a> on a two-week truce in the war in the Middle East, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/dubai-stocks-soar-most-in-a-decade-on-iran-war-ceasefire-relief">writes</a> Bloomberg.

Dubai stocks post highest rise in more than a decade amid truce with Iran

The deal between the U.S. and Iran has dampened demand for one of the most popular protective assets during the war in the Middle East, while gold prices have gone upward

Iran deal day could be the worst for the U.S. dollar in nearly a year

The markets' rise on April 8 was driven by trader algorithms, but live investors remain risk-averse, believes Westpac's Martin Wetton