Oil’s spike proved short-lived as Trump signaled a truce with Iran over the Hormuz corridor, sending Brent tumbling over 6% from its highs, but the bigger story was a genuinely divided Fed holding rates under new Chair Warsh while yields surged. Equities still gained on strong earnings, though AI-era winners and losers split sharply: Microsoft and Amazon soared while Meta and Apple stumbled.
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