Upbeat Geopolitical Sentiment Sends Dow Up 631 Points

Bouncing back from Friday's steep losses, the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all logged healthy wins to kick off the final full trading week of March. Market recovery came on the back of comments from President Donald Trump, who said war-ending talks with Iran were productive, and that the U.S. "very intent on making a deal."

Trump earlier said he paused plans to attack the region's energy plants for five days, allowing crude to cool and investor sentiment to improve. Traders are also monitoring Trump's deployment of ICE agents to several U.S. airports, as the partial government shutdown continues to impact the TSA.

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5 Things to Know Today

1. Toyota Motor (TM) will be putting $1 billion into its Kentucky and Indiana plants, as part of its plans to expand domestic manufacturing in the next five years.
2. LaGuardia airport in New York has reopened after a runway crash between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck that resulted in two casualties.
3. A partnership with the Pentagon pushed Palantir stock higher.
4. Chip stock popped on multibillion-dollar investment buzz.
5. U.S.-Iran talks gave the airline sector a notable boost.

There were no earnings of note today.

Gold, Oil Prices Cool Off Alongside War Pressure

Crude continued to cool off on the back of progress updates on U.S.-Iran de-escalation talks. April-dated West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost over 10% to finish at $88.07 per barrel.

Gold prices lower, though the precious metal pared major losses due to U.S.-Iran developments. April-dated gold futures dropped 0.7% to finish at roughly $4,574 an ounce.