{"id":381688,"date":"2026-04-08T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381688\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:57:09","slug":"stock-market-today-live-updates-127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381688\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market today: Live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 8, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Brendan McDermid | Reuters<\/p>\n<p>Stocks soared Wednesday after President Donald Trump suspended attacks on Iran for two weeks, pausing a five-week conflict that closed a crucial waterway for global energy supplies. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.DJI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a> ripped 1,200 points higher, or 2.6%. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.SPX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> popped 2.4%, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.IXIC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasdaq Composite<\/a> surged 2.8%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/@CL.1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Texas Intermediate crude futures<\/a> tumbled more than 17% to $93.42 a barrel following Trump&#8217;s declaration. International benchmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/@LCO.1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brent for June delivery<\/a> lost more than 16% to $91.65 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,&#8221; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116365796713313030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted<\/a> on Truth Social. &#8220;We received a 10-point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the &#8220;double sided&#8221; ceasefire was contingent on Iran agreeing to an opening of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council has agreed to reopen the waterway for two weeks as long as all attacks are halted, according to a statement from Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister. The statement said transit would need to be coordinated with Iran&#8217;s Armed Forces. Israel agreed to the ceasefire as well, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t much of a surprise that there was an announced reprieve in the Iranian conflict. The market has gotten much better at sniffing out&#8221; Trump&#8217;s next move, said Jay Woods, chief market strategist for Freedom Capital Markets. &#8220;The concern now is if this all too familiar &#8216;two-week&#8217; timeframe is going to lead to a resolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stock Chart IconStock chart icon<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\" class=\"Collapsible-dismissButton\" alt=\"hide content\"\/><\/p>\n<p>S&amp;P 500, 1-day<\/p>\n<p>Stocks got another boost after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116368825638596650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted<\/a> Wednesday that the U.S. will work with Iran to <a href=\"#108288539-Qx3k1e9eC\">remove nuclear material<\/a> from the country and that the two nations are discussing tariff and sanctions relief.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/08\/trump-iran-ceasefire-strait-of-hormuz-toll.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, according to ship-tracking service MarineTraffic on Wednesday. However, industry experts say overall traffic has not picked up meaningfully from what the passage experienced during the war. <\/p>\n<p>The rally was led by those equities that have come under the most pressure since the start of the conflict. Semiconductor stocks vulnerable to supply chain disruptions rallied, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/SMH\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH)<\/a> jumping nearly 5%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AVGO\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadcom<\/a> was higher by 4%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Micron Technology<\/a> gained 7%. <\/p>\n<p>International markets that are more reliant on energy imports advanced, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/EEM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF<\/a> up roughly 5%. <a href=\"#108288627-1dL53-hgY\">South Korea stocks surged 8%<\/a>. Small caps, which have greater cyclical exposure, also climbed nearly 3%.   <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, energy stocks that have surged since the start of the conflict faltered, with shares of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/XOM\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exxon Mobil<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/CVX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chevron<\/a> down more than 5%, each. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing goes up in a straight line, but I think we&#8217;ve made a strong base here,&#8221; said Stephen Tuckwood, director of investments at Modern Wealth Management. &#8220;A lot of the market has sold off pretty heavily since the beginning of the war, so seeing some reasonable valuations again, and that&#8217;s kind of had a tailwind here.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With reporting by Fred Imbert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[177816,178109,356,62069,7148,941,938,357,35951,30935,42527,35594,6420,54,1761,1012,81647,31011,144658,2973,30927,42,30937,150425,145063,87,96901,20869,151646,1683,1579,64251,30932,190,10388,1763,1008,43,1677,39310,30929,1762,3310,7149,1760,18195,29170,12520,40,38,41,39,182493,7151,1032,151247,161035,150424,30928,12389,30938],"class_list":{"0":"post-381688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-lco26m","9":"tag-lco26u","10":"tag-amazon-com-inc","11":"tag-american-airlines-group-inc","12":"tag-boeing-co","13":"tag-breaking-news-markets","14":"tag-broadcom-inc","15":"tag-business-news","16":"tag-chevron-corp","17":"tag-conocophillips","18":"tag-delta-air-lines-inc","19":"tag-deutsche-lufthansa-ag","20":"tag-donald-j-trump","21":"tag-donald-trump","22":"tag-dow-jones-fut-sep25","23":"tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","24":"tag-easyjet-plc","25":"tag-exxon-mobil-corp","26":"tag-fidelity-nasdaq-composite-index-track","27":"tag-foreign-policy","28":"tag-halliburton-co","29":"tag-headlines","30":"tag-ice-brent-crude-oct25","31":"tag-invesco-db-oil-fund","32":"tag-invesco-qqq-trust","33":"tag-iran","34":"tag-ishares-msci-emerging-markets-etf","35":"tag-ishares-msci-israel-etf","36":"tag-ishares-msci-south-korea-etf","37":"tag-ishares-russell-2000-etf","38":"tag-jpmorgan-chase-co","39":"tag-lp","40":"tag-marathon-petroleum-corp","41":"tag-markets","42":"tag-micron-technology-inc","43":"tag-nasdaq-100-fut-sep25","44":"tag-nasdaq-composite","45":"tag-news","46":"tag-nvidia-corp","47":"tag-occidental-petroleum-equity-warrants-exp-3rd-august-2027","48":"tag-phillips-66","49":"tag-sp-500-fut-sep25","50":"tag-sp-500-index","51":"tag-southwest-airlines-co","52":"tag-stock-markets","53":"tag-stoxx-600","54":"tag-suppress-zephr","55":"tag-tesla-inc","56":"tag-top-news","57":"tag-top-stories","58":"tag-topnews","59":"tag-topstories","60":"tag-tui-ag","61":"tag-united-airlines-holdings-inc","62":"tag-united-states","63":"tag-united-states-brent-oil-fund","64":"tag-united-states-gasoline-fund","65":"tag-united-states-oil-fund","66":"tag-valero-energy-corp","67":"tag-vaneck-semiconductor-etf","68":"tag-wti-crude-sep25"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}