Stocks Surge on Trump's Iran Peace Talks

0:00It's March 31st. You're listening to U.S. News today, AI-powered national coverage. Major U.S. stock indexes surge today after a Wall Street Journal report that President Trump told AIDS he's ready to halt the military push against. Iran, even if the straight-of-war moves, stays mostly shut. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all post his strong gains shaking off weeks of war jitters. One Secretary Pete Hexeth warned that the next few days could decide the month-long conflict, saying it'll ramp up if Tehran doesn't cut a deal. Soon, markets have been hammered, with the Dow and S&P on pace for their worst quarterly drop since 2022. Investors jumped on hints of a quick exit ramp, betting on smoother energy flows through the strait. Tech giants like Nvidia, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon led the charge higher. While chip stocks and AI plays like CoreWeave and Marvel soared on fresh, funding and investments, the S&P climbed 185 points or nearly 3% to 6,528.

1:06Nasdaq rocketed almost 4% to 21,592, and the Dow rose over 1,000 points to 46,334. Week jobs data last week fueled the pullback, with openings down and hiring at a 6-year low. Real spikes from the war are stoking inflation fears, flipping bets toward fed rate hikes by year end instead of cuts. Keep watching those headlines, they could swing the markets wild.