Here's your closing bell brief from Monday, April 6th. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. stocks edged higher today as investors tracked shifting tensions in the Middle East. The NASDAQ led the gains with a move of half a percent. The S&P 500 and the Dow each added 0.4%.

Oil prices also climbed following comments from President Trump on escalating the war with Iran.

At a press conference this afternoon, he said, quote,

the entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.

Among individual companies,

Strategy shares rose nearly 7% as the price of Bitcoin strengthened. Tesla shares dropped 2% after J.P. Morgan reduced its earning estimates for the company, setting weaker than expected

deliveries. Paramount Skydance shares rose 3.5% after the company secured

new equity commitments of nearly $24 billion. The money came from sovereign wealth funds to help back

its takeover bid of Warner Brothers Discovery. And Selenotherapeutic shares gained 32% after the company

agreed to be acquired by Neurocrin biosciences.

Neurocrin stock rose nearly 1%.

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