2026-04-04
5 分钟Hey listeners, your money briefing is on a break,
but it will be back with more personal finance information for you in the future.
Until then, here's the news moving markets this week.
Hey listeners, it's Saturday, April 4th.
I'm Imani Moiz for The Wall Street Journal,
and this is What 's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
Let's dive in.
It was a short week for markets.
Major stock exchanges were closed for Good Friday.
Stocks seesawed throughout the week as they digested mixed signals about the conflict in Iran.
In the end, all three major stock indexes finished the week higher.
The Nasdaq led the way, closing up 4.4% on Thursday.
Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were also up about 3% for the week.
Brent crude, the international oil benchmark,
surged nearly 8% this week to finish at $109 a barrel as hopes for a quick end to the Iran conflict fated.
But higher commodity prices didn't translate to gains for oil stocks.
Energy was the only sector in the S&P 500 to finish the week lower,
falling more than 5% as investors worried about long-term supply.
Bond markets also closed early this week, but not before the latest jobs report gave bond yields a small boost.
The 10-year Treasury recently traded at 4.35%, up from 4.32% before the Friday report.