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US Stocks: US market opens lower as Iran stalemate lifts oil, yields
Economic Times 1 hr ago·18 Aug 2026, 1:49 pm
On Tuesday morning, major indexes on Wall Street experienced a downward trend as oil prices remained high due to falling hopes for a peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran. Additionally, government bond yields lingered near multi-year highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average registered a drop of 105.3 points at the outset, and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite followed suit with declines.
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