European stocks began the week with a slight decline, but then came out in the plus, growth is also shown by futures on U.S. stocks - the conflict in the Middle East continues exactly a month, investors are looking for opportunities to cope with further escalation, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/30/european-markets-stoxx-600-ftse-dax-cac-iran-news-oil-prices.html">writes</a> CNBC.

US stock futures rise, oil at $116: What's happening in the markets on 31 days of war

The Gulf War will last until at least the summer, says Madison Cartwright of Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Oil rises to $115, stocks in Asia plummet: markets have begun to consider the risk of a long war

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Apple Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Despite the ongoing war in Iran and rising geopolitical risks, Wall Street strategists are urging investors to keep buying U.S. stocks, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/wall-street-says-stocks-are-too-cheap-to-ignore-as-war-rages-on">writes.</a>

Corrections are 'pay-to-play': Wall Street advises buying US stocks despite war

Trump urges Iran to 'get serious' about talks 'before it's too late'

US stocks fall, Brent heads for biggest monthly rise since 1990

Major U.S. stock indices opened March 25 with growth - the prospects of de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East partially managed to dispel investors' fears about long-term disruptions in energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-rise-mideast-ceasefire-prospects-lift-sentiment-2026-03-25/">writes</a> Reuters.

S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq jumped 1% amid signals of de-escalation of war with Iran

Braze, Inc.

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

KB Home

Blaize Holdings, Inc.

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Core & Main, Inc.

Circle Internet Group

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: geopolitics swaying quotations

Washington's proposal calls for Iran to end its nuclear program and support for militants, as well as opening the Strait of Hormuz, Israeli media say

'This movie has been done before': oil falls below $100 on news of US peace plan for Iran

After the decline in the first hours of the trading session on March 24, the broad index of American stocks S&amp;P 500 and the index of "blue chips" Dow Jones recovered the losses and at the moment went into the green zone. Indices are trying to consolidate the rally, <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/szataa-pruzina-indeksy-ssa-vzleteli-neft-obvalilas-na-24-den-vojny-s-iranom">recorded</a> at the previous session, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">notes</a> CNBC.

Dow Jones recoups losses, oil rises: what's happening in the markets on the 25th day of the war

Brent crude oil returned to $103 a barrel after collapsing the previous day to $96 - amid US President Donald Trump's statements on talks with Iran

'You can't press pause': US stocks back to falling amid ongoing war

EchoStar Corporation

Shares of satellite communications operator EchoStar fell in price at trading on March 23 - the first day after its inclusion in the S&amp;P 500, while the index itself <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/szataa-pruzina-indeksy-ssa-vzleteli-neft-obvalilas-na-24-den-vojny-s-iranom">rose</a> sharply. The company's capitalization has jumped more than 300% over the last year. Its securities remain one of the few public ways to bet on SpaceX before the IPO, writes Barron's. Analysts rate EchoStar's prospects moderately optimistic despite the rally.

The stock, known as a bet on SpaceX, fell on its first day in the S&amp;P 500. Worth buying

The sharp decline in gold prices may be due to a change in investor sentiment, which reflects that the market is becoming more risk averse, <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-golds-plunge-into-a-bear-market-is-a-good-signal-for-stocks-according-to-morgan-stanley-bacf5d35">writes</a> MarketWatch, citing Morgan Stanley strategist Mike Wilson. And although at the height of the conflict in the Middle East gold did not behave as a protective asset, it is worth taking into account that in the long term the precious metal usually grows against the background of geopolitical and market tensions, analysts note.

Why did Morgan Stanley see the collapse in gold prices as a positive signal for US stocks?

Markets took a positive view of Trump's statements about talks with Iran, despite Tehran denying information about contacts with Washington