The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East continues for the third week, but the first trading day of the U.S. stocks began in a positive way: the broad index of American stocks S&amp;P 500 in the first minutes of the session added 1%, technological Nasdaq Composite rose by 1.3%, the index of "blue chips" Dow Jones - in the plus by 0.74%.

"Equity markets breathed a sigh of relief": the Nasdaq and S&amp;P 500 each added 1%, oil at $101

After the end of the conflict in the Middle East, the US expects oil prices to return to levels "well below" $80 a barrel - Brent crude is now trading above $100, according to the head of the US Treasury Department

US told of Iranian ship traffic through the blocked Strait of Hormuz

The Mosaic Company

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

CVR Partners, LP

Nutrien Ltd.

Food price spikes are often the cause of political cataclysms: in 2011, they set the stage for the Arab Spring

The Strait of Hormuz and the fertilizer market: why war with Iran threatens a food crisis

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Chevron Corporation

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Shell plc

BP p.l.c.

The strike was aimed at military targets only, claims US president

The US has attacked the Iranian island of Kharq. Iran's largest oil terminal is located there

Major U.S. stock indexes rose in early trading on March 13 - data on U.S. GDP for the last quarter of 2025, as well as indicators of the index of personal consumption expenditures in the States for January indicated a slowdown in the economy, than strengthened hopes for lower interest rates of the Federal Reserve, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/us-stocks-rise-as-tepid-economic-data-boosts-rate-cut-hopes">writes.</a>

U.S. stocks rise amid sluggish economic data. Why.

The core index of personal consumption expenditures in the United States rose at an annualized rate of 3.1% in January. The conflict in the Middle East may push it even higher, according to an analyst at Carson Group

The Fed's favorite measure of inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly two years

Quotes of Brent crude oil at the auction on March 13 fell to a daily low of $98.45, down 1.5% from the previous close. Futures for the U.S. Mark WTI oil also fell to $93.03, losing more than 2%. At the same time during the session, Brent jumped up to $102.75 per barrel amid the ongoing escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, while WTI traded at an intraday high above $98.

Oil has fallen below $100 a barrel: what's going on?

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SentinelOne, Inc.

PagerDuty, Inc.

ServiceTitan, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

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Firefly Aerospace Inc.

The Descartes Systems Group Inc.

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

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: inflation statistics will set the vector for trading

Any war in the Middle East is usually perceived as a global risk for the economy. Oil rises, logistics become more expensive, and markets get nervous. But if you look more closely, this turbulence has beneficiaries. One of them is China.

How China is tacitly benefiting from the Gulf War

At issue is a ban on foreign tankers transporting oil between U.S. ports

U.S. to suspend century-old maritime law to curb oil prices

Iran's "strategy to create economic chaos in the Persian Gulf seems to be working," analyst says

Oil - $100, major U.S. indices lose 1% after Iran's new head of state speaks

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as "an instrument of pressure on the enemy," he said in a televised address <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-live-six-tankers-attacked-gulf-strait-hormuz-2026-03-12/">translated by</a> Reuters.

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