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March 27, 2026
 
   
  Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities  
 
 
On Thursday, U.S. stocks, particularly technology stocks, were heavily sold, with the Nasdaq 100 tumbling 575 points (-2.38%) to 23,586.

The S&P 500 fell 114 points (-1.74%) to 6,477, and the Dow Jones dropped 469 points (-1.01%) to 45,960.

Market sentiment was dampened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning in a social-media post that Iran should get serious before it is too late.

U.S. WTI crude-oil futures jumped 4.16 dollars (+4.61%) to 94.48 dollars a barrel.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield advanced 8.0 basis points to 4.412%.

However, in after-market hours, Trump said talks with Iran were going very well, and he will delay actions to destroy Iran’s energy plants for 10 days to Monday, April 6.

All tech giants, except for Apple (AAPL) which edged up 0.11%, came under heavy pressure, with Meta (META) sliding 7.96%, Nvidia (NVDA) down 4.16%, Alphabet (GOOGL) down 3.44%, and Tesla (TSLA) down 3.59%.

In a U.S. landmark social media addiction lawsuit, Meta and Alphabet’s Google were found liable for designing platforms that are dangerous for teens.

Semiconductor stocks were down markedly, with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) losing 7.49%, Intel (INTC) down 6.53%, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) down 6.22%.

Also, Micron Technology (MU) sank a further 4.46%, and Sandisk (SNDK) tumbled 11.02%.

On the other hand, car-rental stocks performed well, with Hertz (HTZ) bouncing 9.15%, and Avis (CAR) up 12.97%.

European stocks also close lower, with the DAX 40 falling 1.50%, the CAC 40 down 0.98%, and the FTSE 100 down 1.33%.

Gold dropped 128 dollars (-2.85%) to 4,377 dollars an ounce.
 
 
  Market Wrap: Forex  
 
 
The U.S. dollar stayed firm against other major currencies amid a sell-off of risk assets, with the dollar index climbing to 99.86.

The latest number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. increased slightly to 210,000, slightly higher than expected.

EUR/USD fell 24 pips to 1.1534, down for a third straight session. Germany's GfK consumer confidence index fell to -28.0 in April from -24.8 in March.

USD/JPY gained 20 pips to 159.66.

GBP/USD fell 30 pips to 1.3333, and AUD/USD dropped 56 pips to 0.6891.

USD/CHF advanced 28 pips to 0.7942, and USD/CAD climbed 44 pips to 1.3854.

Bitcoin declined alongside risk assets, sinking nearly 4% to 68,600 dollars.
 
 
  Morning Trading  
 
 
In Asian trading hours, EUR/USD and GBP/USD remained subdued, at 1.1535 and 1.3337 respectively.

Meanwhile, USD/JPY eased to 159.57.

Gold rebounded to 4,430 dollars.

Bitcoin stayed under pressure at 68,759 dollars.
 
 
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