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

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Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Blackstone Inc.

This is another blow to the private lending market

BlackRock has restricted withdrawals from its flagship fund for the first time. Shares plummeted

Eli Lilly and Company

Merck & Co., Inc.

Pharmaceutical stocks could be one of the defensive assets amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, analysts at UBS said, their note <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/market-turmoil-is-hitting-traditional-safe-havens-ubs-says-hide-here-.html">quoted by</a> CNBC.

'Most defensive sector': UBS names stocks that can 'safely survive 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

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Caterpillar Inc.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

RTX Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Oil prices rose sharply amid the war between the U.S. and Iran and the threat of prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East. Futures for U.S. WTI rose for five days by about 35% - this is the largest weekly growth since the beginning of trading in oil contracts in 1983, notes CNBC. All week American stocks showed strong volatility: the so-called Wall Street fear index jumped by 25% by the end of Friday and almost reached 30 points, while the alarming is considered to overcome the mark of 20.

The fastest rise in oil in history and a fear index under 30: the results of the first week of the war

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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

The Donald Trump administration announced Friday, March 6, that it will launch a reinsurance program for oil tankers and other vessels - in an effort to restart traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/trump-reinsurance-oil-iran-war.html">reports </a>. The U.S. Department of Commerce's (DFC) Corporation for International Development will insure losses of up to $20 billion on a renewable basis.

US to insure ship losses in the Strait of Hormuz for up to $20 billion

A Latvian resident spent three years programming for a Russian company and received more than €60,000 on an Alfa Bank card. Now he <a href="https://vdd.gov.lv/en/news/press-releases/vdd-seeks-criminal-prosecution-against-a-person-for-providing-programming-services-to-a-company-in-russia">faces</a> criminal prosecution for violating EU sanctions against Russia. Oninvest found out how the Latvian State Security Service managed to find the programmer.

€60,000 in cash: how Latvia found out a programmer who worked for a Russian company

Global investors reduced their investments in equity funds in the seven-day period ended March 4: it happened for the first time in eight weeks, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/global-markets-flows-graphic-2026-03-06/">reported</a> citing data from LSEG Lipper. The outflow of money from funds amounted to about $1.44 billion. The main blow fell on U.S. equity funds, from which investors withdrew $21.92 billion - this is the largest weekly outflow since January 7, the agency writes.

Investors cut investments in equity funds for the first time in two months amid U.S. war

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

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