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WSJ Minute Briefing

Investors Set Aside Iran Worries, Pushing Stocks Higher

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Brent crude closes at more than $103 a barrel. Plus: Uber shares rise after an expanded partnership with Nvidia. Eli Lilly shares fall after HSBC analyst downgrade. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, March 17th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

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U.S. stocks moved higher today as investors set aside recent concerns regarding Iran.

0:46.1

The NASDAQ rose half a percent while the S&P 500 gained a quarter percent,

0:51.0

and the Dow added a tenth of a percent.

0:53.9

Energy shares were among the strongest

0:55.7

performers as oil prices continued to climb. International Brent Crude rose 3.2 percent to over

1:02.0

$103 a barrel, its highest close since mid-2020, following reports of attacks on energy infrastructure

1:09.0

in the Middle East. Shares of ExxonMobil rose

1:12.1

1% as energy markets reacted to concerns over supply. Among other individual stocks, Uber shares

1:19.6

jumped over 4% following news of an expanded self-driving vehicle partnership with NVIDIA.

1:25.5

Asian automakers including Hyundai and Nissan also expanded partnerships with the chipIA. Asian automakers, including Hyundai and Nissan, also expanded

1:28.8

partnerships with the chipmaker. They saw their shares move higher, three and one percent, respectively.

1:35.7

Eli Lilly shares fell about 6 percent after an analyst downgrade from HSBC. The bank cut its

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