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The major averages closed little changed as markets traded with a more constructive tone in concert with oil prices pulling back. Oil prices, which had surged above $100 and briefly approached $120 per barrel during the escalation of the Iran conflict, are now coming back in after comments from Donald Trump suggesting the military operation could conclude sooner than previously expected. Meanwhile, CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs reported that there are indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz.In other commodity news, gold prices continue their surge amid market volatility. Despite having an up-and-down 2026, the commodity is climbing towards record highs once again.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Nvidiaand Thinking Machines Lab announced a gigawatt-scale strategic partnershipBioNTechannounced plans for anto be established and led by BioNTech co-founders Prof. Ugur Sahin, M.D., and Prof. Ozlem Tureci, M.D.HP Enterprisereportedand provided guidance for Q1 and FY26Kohl'sreportedbut guided for a decrease in Q1 comp salesVail Resortsreportedand cut its FY26 resort reported EBITDA view2. WALL STREET CALLS:Qualcommat Underperform at BofACrowdStriketo Overweight at Morgan StanleyRivianto Buy at TD Cowen into R2 launchNovo Nordiskto Hold at TD CowenB. RileyStrategywith Buy on "unmatched scale"3. AROUND THE WEB:Boeingwill delay deliveries of some e737 MAX planes amid wiring flaws, WSJ reportsExxon Mobilis planning to move its legal home to Texas from New Jersey in a move meant to protect the company from shareholder "abuse," WSJ saysRio Tintois in talks with Mongolia over financial terms at the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, with the government seeking lower loan interest costs and the removal of Rio's annual management fee, WSJ reportsAppleincreased its iPhone production in India by 53% last year and now makes a total of 25% of its devices there, Bloomberg saysAmazon'secommerce business has requested a large group of engineers to meet on Tuesday for a "deep dive" into the influx of outages, with the company stating there has been a "trend of incidents" characterized by a "high blast radius" and "Gen-AI assisted changes," FT reports4. MOVERS:Zevra Therapeuticsgains after, with EPS and revenue beating consensusCapricorincreases after announcing the establishment of a new PDUFANiohigher in New York afterand providing guidance for Q1Centenefalls afterand announcing its ACA enrollment is "still in line" with expectations"Crispr Therapeuticslower after announcing a5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:ABM, with CEO Scott Salmirs commenting, "ABM is off to a solid start to FY26"Custom Truck One Source, with EPS beating consensusUnited Natural Foodsand provided guidance for FY26UWM Holdingsraised itsPriority Technologyand provided guidance for FY26INDEXES:The Dow fell 34.29, or 0.072%, to 47,706.51, the Nasdaq gained 1.16, or 0.0051%, to 22,697.10, and the S&P 500 advanced 14.51, or 0.21%, to 6,781.48.

The major averages were higher near noon as markets are trading with a more constructive tone. Investors are reacting to a reversal in the energy shock that dominated markets earlier in the week. Oil prices, which had surged above $100 and briefly approached $120 per barrel during the escalation of the Iran conflict, are now pulling back after comments from Donald Trump suggesting the military operation could conclude sooner than previously expected.Meanwhile, gold prices continue their surge amid market volatility, as the "safe haven" asset rose nearly 2%. Despite having an up-and-down 2026, the commodity is climbing towards record highs once again.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Nvidiaintends to launch an open-source AI agent platform,BioNTechannounced plans forto be established and led by BioNTech co-founders Prof. Ugur Sahin, M.D., and Prof. Ozlem Tureci, M.D.HP Enterprisereportedand provided guidance for Q1 and FY26Kohl'sreportedbut guided for a decrease in Q1 comp salesVail Resortsreportedand cut its FY26 resort reported EBITDA view2. WALL STREET CALLS:Qualcommat Underperform at BofACrowdStriketo Overweight at Morgan StanleyRivianto Buy at TD Cowen into R2 launchNovo Nordiskto Hold at TD CowenB. RileyStrategywith Buy on "unmatched scale"3. AROUND THE WEB:Exxon Mobilis planning to move its legal home to Texas from New Jersey in a move meant to protect the company from shareholder "abuse," WSJ saysRio Tintois in talks with Mongolia over financial terms at the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, with the government seeking lower loan interest costs and the removal of Rio's annual management fee, WSJ reportsAppleincreased its iPhone production in India by 53% last year and now makes a total of 25% of its devices there, Bloomberg saysAmazon'secommerce business has requested a large group of engineers to meet on Tuesday for a "deep dive" into the influx of outages, with the company stating there has been a "trend of incidents" characterized by a "high blast radius" and "Gen-AI assisted changes," FT reportsA groundstop for all JetBlueflights was canceled within an hour on Tuesday by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, after JetBlue said it resolved a "system outage," Reuters reports4. MOVERS:Zevra Therapeuticsgains after, with EPS and revenue beating consensusCapricorincreases after announcing the establishment of afor dermiocel BLANiohigher in New York afterand providing guidance for Q1Centenefalls afterfor FY26 and announcing its ACA enrollment is "still in line" with expectations"Crispr Therapeuticslower after announcing a5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:ABM, with CEO Scott Salmirs commenting, "ABM is off to a solid start to FY26"Custom Truck One Source, with EPS beating consensusUnited Natural Foodsand provided guidance for FY26UWM Holdingsfor Q1Priority Technologyand provided guidance for FY26INDEXES:Near midday, the Dow was up 0.48%, or 229.12, to 47,969.92, the Nasdaq was up 0.58%, or 131.24, to 22,827.19, and the S&P 500 was up 0.39%, or 26.81, to 6,822.80.

Stock futures are pointing lower ahead of the open, but markets are trading with a more constructive tone as investors react to a reversal in the energy shock that dominated markets earlier in the week. Oil prices, which had surged above $100 and briefly approached $120 per barrel during the escalation of the Iran conflict, are now pulling back after comments from Donald Trump suggesting the military operation could conclude sooner than previously expected. The shift in expectations is easing fears of prolonged disruption to energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and removing some of the inflation risk that had rapidly been priced into global markets over the past several sessions.The central macro story for markets remains the tug-of-war between geopolitics and macro fundamentals. The surge in oil earlier in the week raised fears that a renewed inflation shock could force central banks to delay rate cuts, particularly after the energy spike threatened to push transportation and manufacturing costs higher worldwide. As crude prices retreat, however, some of those stagflation concerns are temporarily fading, allowing risk assets to stabilize.Investors remain cautious because the underlying geopolitical situation remains fluid and any renewed disruption could quickly send oil prices higher again and reignite volatility across equities, bonds, and currencies. Traders are therefore watching headlines closely for signals about whether tensions are truly easing or simply entering a temporary pause.In pre-market trading, S&P 500 futures fell 0.25%, Nasdaq futures fell 0.14% and Dow futures fell 0.31%.Check out this morning's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER -Vertex Pharmaceuticalsup 6% after announcing data from a pre-specified Week 36 interim analysis of the ongoing Phase 3 RAINIER trial of povetaciceptBungeup 4% after authorizing the repurchase of up to $3B of the company's common sharesUP AFTER EARNINGS -United Natural Foodsup 2%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -BioNTechdown 18%FreightCar Americadown 15%Casey's General Storesdown 3%Kohl'sdown 2%Vail Resortsdown 2%HP Enterprisedown 1%