US stocks rallied and oil slumped after Trump cancelled planned strikes on Iran and touted a deal with Iran – Newsquawk Daily Asia-Pac Market Open

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US stocks rallied as risk sentiment improved markedly on Thursday after US President Trump touted a deal with Iran and announced that planned US strikes scheduled for the night had been cancelled. The gains in stocks were led by cyclical and growth-sensitive sectors as investors rotated back into risk assets, with industrial materials and tech outperforming, although Oracle (ORCL) was the tech laggard after recent earnings, whereby its USD 40bln equity sale saw the stock fall over 8%, while energy was the sole sector to finish in the red after the crude complex was the primary casualty of the geopolitical…

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