Market Rally in Peril as Iran Cease-Fire Unravels. Stock Futures Dive, Oil Prices Soar.

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• FinBERT OIL Neutral 94% 6h
  Generated → 6h → Excluded

  Excluded: no stored price within tolerance of this prediction's maturity, checked by rescore_expired_predictions

• FinBERT NASDAQ Neutral 94% 6h
  Generated → 6h → Verified

  Scored correct

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Original source

Stocks looked set to tumble and oil prices were rallying on Monday as a flare-up in tensions between the U.S. and Iran raised uncertainty about a looming second round of talks to end the war in the Middle East. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were 0.5% lower. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship trying to get past its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on April 20, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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