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Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, April 2nd. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower this morning, but clawed back most of their steep losses during

today's session.

The NASDAQ closed up 0.2%, the S&P 500 closed up a 10th, and the Dow closed down a 10th.

Investors reacted to President Trump's primetime address last night, where he vowed to hit Iran,

quote, extremely hard.

Stocks managed to bounce back by closing, but despite the small gains, global markets remained under pressure.

The energy market saw massive swings as oil futures posted their largest one-day gain since 2020.

Among individual companies, Delta Airlines shares fell over 1% during the day, and United Airlines shares dropped 3%. Investors worried that a long war will keep jet fuel prices elevated for some time.

General Motors shares slid over 3% in midday trading. The automaker recently reported a sharp

decline in sales for the first quarter.

And BP shares rose nearly 3% following the surge in global oil prices.

Many energy companies saw a boost after President Trump's address.

The U.S. stock market will be closed tomorrow for Good Friday.

Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

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