Iran War: US Stocks Bounce as Traders Track If Truce Hold | The Opening Trade 5/5/2026

Posted on 05/05/2026
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US stock futures rebounded and oil prices eased as traders monitor whether a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East can hold.

A flareup of violence in the Middle East has injected fresh uncertainty after a month-long rally that pushed equities to new records, fueled by strong earnings from tech megacaps and gains in chipmakers. Still, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that talks with the Americans were “making progress.”

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - The Opening Trade - 5/5/2026

00:01:27 - Iran-US Ceasefire Tested

00:03:57 - Markets Assess Hormuz Tensions

00:05:55 - European Earnings Season

00:10:27 - WH Weighs AI Working Group: NYT

00:13:49 - US & Iran Trade Fire in Gulf

00:23:58 - Santander’s Stuart Bennett

00:25:51 - French Trade Minister Nicolas Forissier

00:40:30 - Markets in 3 Minutes

00:43:56 - Stocks To Watch

00:47:58 - The Market Open

00:50:38 - JPMorgan Private Bank’s Madison Faller

01:00:25 - Core 6 & Early Morning Movers

01:03:45 - European Banks Deliver Mixed Results

01:07:18 - Rheinmetall Misses Estimates

01:15:20 - Private Credit’s AI Risk Exposure

01:28:14 - US-Iran Ceasefire Tested

01:31:37 - Oil Check

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