Oil falls further, stocks mixed on US-Iran truce prospects

Stock markets were mixed while oil prices fell again on Friday on investor optimism that the United States and Iran would reach a deal to extend their ceasefire.But by Thursday evening, negotiators had edged towards a deal to extend their fragile ceasefire for 60 days, pending approval from President Donald Trump, US sources told AFP. The reports sent the S&P 500 index to another record high on Thursday, and Wall Street indices gained further at the open on Friday.