On Monday, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively opened higher, the Dow Jones index rose 0.19%, the S & P 500 index rose 0.60%, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.00%. Google's U.S. stock market opened up more than 3.7%, hitting a new record high, and the company's artificial intelligence product Gemini continued to rise.
WTI crude oil opened 1.8% higher on Monday at $58.89 a barrel.
Senior White House officials said US President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio and Middle East envoy Yves Witkov holding direct and indirect talks with the Iranians aimed at brokering a ceasefire.
WTI crude oil opened higher on Monday at $61.49 a barrel.
April 7 news, Monday opened, Nasdaq futures fell at the beginning of the session fell more than 5.5%, S & P 500 futures fell more than 4.7%, Dow futures fell more than 4%, WTI crude oil fell to 4%. Spot silver fell more than 2%. Non-U.S. currencies fell, and the yen rose more than 1% on risk aversion.
On March 31st, international crude oil prices rose on Monday, with WTI crude oil trading $0.6 higher, following Trump's threats against Iran and Russia on Sunday.
The Nikkei 225 index opened down 701.82 points, or 1.89%, to 36,418.51 on Monday, March 31. South Korea's KOSPI index opened down 43.8 points, or 1.71%, to 2514.18. (Jin Ten)
Gold prices hit a new high on Monday but failed to boost bulls' sentiment. Shimizu's departure may suggest that the gold price lacks reinforcements and may fall into a situation of "ambush on all sides"?
On Monday, Ms Bauman said she wanted to see more progress on inflation reflected in the data before further rate cuts. While she expected inflation to continue to decelerate this year, she said disinflation was "likely to take longer than we expect". Click to view...
"Given that Ethereum is the only major cryptocurrency [other than Bitcoin] approved as the basis for a spot ETF, it could be a rotation target," Citi analysts said in a report on Monday. Other cryptocurrencies have fared even better, and their share of the overall cryptocurrency market cap is growing. Citibank added that respondents to a recent survey believe that counterfeit products will perform particularly well in 2025...