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The S&P 500 rose 0.2 per cent a day after setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 140 points, or 0.3 per cent, as of 11:30 a.m.

North American stock markets opened lower Thursday as oil prices rose and treasury yields resumed their climb amid the ongoing stalemate between Iran and the U.S.

Oil prices plunged below US$95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to destroy Iran.

The S&P 500 fell 1.7% to close its worst week since the war with Iran began, while Wall Street's five-week losing streak is its longest in nearly four years.

The mixed movements followed a whirlwind of action in the war over the weekend, including an entry into the fighting by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The main U.S. indexes were on track to open higher on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would order the military to postpone strikes against Iranian power plants.

Hope for a possible end to the war with Iran is taking over again on Wall Street Wednesday, and stocks are back to jumping while oil prices ease.

SpaceX jumped as the rocket maker’s stock opened for trading Friday and shot the market value up to US$1.96 trillion — which made CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire.

The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude oil settled at $88.90 after regressing from an overnight high above $92.50, while stocks finished higher.

The price of crude oil rose after both the United States and Iran said they launched retaliations for earlier attacks or attempted ones.

The move sets up a high-stakes test of whether investor appetite for the AI revolution can match the sky-high expectations surrounding the booming sector.

Tech shares led U.S. stocks modestly higher on Tuesday as hopes for an earlier-than-expected end to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran persisted.

President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was on “life support” after he rejected Iran's latest proposal to end their war.

Wall Street is clawing back some of its steep losses from Friday, as stocks swept up in the artificial-intelligence boom bounced back on Monday.

U.S. stocks are falling sharply Friday after getting a whiff of a worst-case scenario for financial markets: a weakening economy combined with high inflation.

Much remains unknown, including whether the deal says anything about Iran’s missile program or support for its regional allies like Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude shot up 8.5 per cent Thursday to settle at US$81.01 per barrel, the highest level since the summer of 2024.

A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street Tuesday, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran.

Oil prices leaped, and stock markets worldwide swung from sharp losses to a tiny gain following military strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, including Wall Street and the TSX.

Wall Street’s strength followed manic swings in the oil market, where prices surged overnight on worries that the Iran war will affect the flow of crude for a long time.