Nasdaq Retreats as U.S. Crude Pushes Above $100
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:33.5 | Here's your closing bell brief for Monday, March 30th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:40.3 | U.S. stocks finished mostly lower today as geopolitical tensions drove oil prices higher. |
| 0:46.1 | The NASDAQ fell 0.7%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.4%. The Dow managed a slight gain of 0.1%. Investors weighed a rise in crude prices against |
| 0:57.7 | falling bond yields. Benchmark U.S. oil futures settled above $100 for the first time since 2022. |
| 1:05.0 | This surge followed news of a potential military operation regarding Iran. Among individual companies, Alcoa shares jumped over |
| 1:13.4 | 8% today. Investors moved into the aluminum producer as a potential beneficiary of supply disruptions |
| 1:19.5 | following reports of Iranian attacks on its competitors. Cisco shares slumped 15% during the |
| 1:26.0 | session. The move followed the company's $29 billion deal to buy family-owned Jetro Restaurant Depot. |
| 1:33.3 | Eli Lilly shares advanced about 1%. The gain came after the company signed a major drug discovery deal with Insilico. |
| 1:39.9 | The Hong Kong listed company said the deal could be valued at $2.75 billion. |
| 1:46.3 | And shares in major oil companies climbed as rising crude prices boosted the energy sector. |
| 1:52.2 | ExxonMobil was up 0.3% and Shell was up 2% in London. |
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