- Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Oil prices extended gains Monday on signs that the war in Iran could last longer. Hopes of a ceasefire have faded in recent days with more U.S. troops arriving in the Middle East and Yemen’s Houthis joining the war. Meanwhile, the Journal reported that President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran’s uranium. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal Together, those developments have driven oil prices higher. The most-active contract for Brent crude fu ...

After weeks of war with no end in sight, and gas prices rising faster than they have in decades, U.S. consumers are becoming more worried about the state of the economy than they have been in three months, according to the latest University of Michigan Survey of Consumers. UM's Consumer Sentiment Index fell to 53.3% for its final reading in March, down 5.8% from February and down 6.5% from where it was a year ago. Consumer sentiment fell to its lowest reading since December 2025. Consumers are feeling even ...

Kevin Hanks is back. Woo. All right.A little cheer, some confetti. Kevin Hanks live at the CBOE for our pre-bell playbook. We're glad you're back. You may not be glad.I'm sure you're very glad you're back. Welcome back, Kevin Hanks. Good to see you.>> Good morning, Nicole. You know, coming back to markets that have frankly sold off the entire month of March is tricky. Now, they're all higher this morning.Why. Well, I think it's two things. Number one, you're right.President Trump made some comments over the ...

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By Mike Dolan March 30 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Markets remain unconvinced that a hasty end to the Middle East war is imminent, with oil prices surging again on Monday and global stocks getting off to a rocky ‌start. Any hopes of near-term de-escalation were wiped away over the weekend as Iran-affiliated Houthi forces in Yemen joined the conflict and President Trump suggested U.S. ‌troops could take Kharg Island, Iran’s main oi ...

Anthony, what impact could we see on energy markets with healthy involvement in this war. I mean, it brings the Red Sea into play, doesn't it. Good morning, Vonnie.Yeah. As you can see, we're up today. We were up around 115 earlier, so that's that's an increase from where we were last week when we were kind of bouncing around 100 a little bit more than that.So there's some added risk in there. We did see the announcement from the Houthies that they were going to enter the war. They've launched launched a mi ...

27 March 2026 | 1:57PM EDT Economics Research Global Markets Daily: TIPS During Oil Shocks TIPS During Oil Shocks Front-end inflation has repriced the oil shock, the long end has not Since the onset of the war, global front ends and breakeven curves have priced greater risk of higher near-term inflation. Our commodity strategists assume Hormuz flows remain at only 5% of normal through mid-April, corresponding to a $115/bbl Brent average in April. Accordingly, our economists have raised their 1-year-ahead (h ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly dipped Monday, as worries continued about soaring oil prices and the potential for further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran, but shares rose moderately in Europe in early trading. U.S. futures were also higher. France's CAC 40 edged up 0.2% in early trading to 7,716.30, while Germany's DAX added 0.1% to 22,344.39. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.8% to 10,041.91. U.S. shares were set to drift higher with Dow futures gaining 0.4% to 45,625.00, while the S&P 500 futures ros ...