Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

Organon & Co.

SK hynix Inc.

Oil prices exceeded $105 per barrel amid the breakdown of talks between the US and Iran and the escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, the war in the Middle East hit electronics supply chains: the shortage of raw materials for printed circuit boards after logistical disruptions and attacks on petrochemical facilities drove up their prices. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of April 27.

Top story for the morning: US-Iran talks collapse, $12 billion deal in pharma market

Tesla, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Intel Corporation

The US and Iran are set to hold a new round of direct talks in Islamabad. Apple will have a new CEO from September 2026 - John Ternus, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, will replace Tim Cook. The market saw signs of Intel's business recovery. The main events from April 20 to April 24 are in our review.

U.S. and Iran may hold a new round of talks, Apple head change, Intel recovery. Main news of the week

America's broad index of stocks S&amp;P 500 and technology Nasdaq Composite opened April 24 in positive territory on the back of Intel securities soaring to an all-time high, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">notes</a>.

Intel stock soared to an all-time high, pushing up the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq

Brent crude oil jumped to over $107 per barrel in trading on April 24. Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/european-stock-returns-are-now-losing-against-the-us-this-year">notes</a> that this was the highest level since U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in the Middle East on April 8. However, then - oil quotations rolled back first to the level of the previous close, and then - and went into negative: a Pakistani official familiar with the situation, said: the Iranian foreign minister is expected to arrive in Islamabad on Friday to participate in the second round of talks between Tehran and Washington, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?srnd=phx-markets">writes</a>.

Oil falls from two-week high: Iran may continue talks with US - media

The U.S. military reported intercepting two Iranian oil supertankers trying to circumvent the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

US announces interception of two Iranian supertankers. Oil, $104

A return to pre-war oil supplies may take less than a year, but the world will never be the same, says Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of S&amp;P Global

'A sense of risk that wasn't there': oil guru on 'a different world' after war with Iran

Manhattan Associates, Inc.

GitLab Inc.

Target Hospitality Corp.

Sonoco Products Company

Calix, Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

GE Aerospace

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Lucid Group, Inc.

D.R. Horton, Inc.

Merck & Co., Inc.

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

Morning in New York: trading will go without sharp movements

In the area of the Strait of Hormuz, a container ship was attacked, <a href="https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/20260422-ukmto_warning_attack.pdf?rev=85f516057e214383a089fb298fe5987c">reported</a> in the Office of Maritime Trade Operations of Great Britain. According to the agency's information, fire was opened on the vessel shortly after an Iranian military boat approached it, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/container-ship-comes-under-gunfire-near-hormuz-uk-navy-says">noted</a>.

Iran attacks container ship near Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends truce

Air France-KLM SA

International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Jet fuel prices have doubled in recent weeks

Long-haul flights have gone up $100 per person because of the war in Iran. What about tickets?

Russia intends to stop exporting oil from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline from May 1, three industry sources <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-halt-kazakhstans-oil-flows-germany-via-druzhba-sources-say-2026-04-21/">told</a> Reuters. According to them, an adjusted oil export schedule has already been sent to Kazakhstan and Germany.

Russia to stop transit of oil from Kazakhstan to Germany via Druzhba - Reuters

Apple Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Spruce Biosciences, Inc.

BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Biogen Inc.

Morning in New York: focus on the change of the Fed's head

U.S. stock indices began trading on April 20 in the red zone: after the de-escalation of the situation in the Middle East last week and the subsequent records of the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, fears that the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran may be broken intensified over the weekend, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-fall-after-rally-mideast-tensions-flare-2026-04-20/">writes</a> Reuters.

One step forward, two back: US indices retreat from highs amid escalation in Iran