Here's your midday brief for Monday, April 6th.

I'm Imani Moise for The Wall Street Journal.

Stocks opened higher today.

Investors are weighing a push by the Trump administration for a 45-day ceasefire with Iran against recent threats from the president to bomb Iranian infrastructure.

Mediators say these negotiations aim for a permanent

end to the war, though chances for a breakthrough remain slim. All three major indexes were slightly

higher during early trading. Meanwhile, the war rages on. This morning, Israel says it struck

Iran's largest petrochemical site, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Iran's key economic infrastructure.

Israeli officials say the facility knocked out today produced about half of the country's supply.

Combined with this strike last week, Israel is now downed sites responsible for 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports.

And an update in Wall Street's race to win new government

contracts tied to Trump accounts. That's the new savings tool for children created under last

year's tax law. The Wall Street Journal exclusively reported that the Trump administration

has tapped B&Y Mellon and Robin Hood to design and manage the accounts. The platform will be a custom white label product for Treasury,

meaning it won't have B&Y or Robin Hood branding.

Financial terms of the contracts weren't disclosed.

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