Oil Prices Plunge Amid US-Iran Detente Hopes
Oil prices plummeted by as much as 7-9% on Monday due to hopes of de-escalation between the US and Iran, but stocks and bonds remained relatively steady.
The market is looking ahead to major tech earnings reports and the Federal Reserve's policy decision later this week, with investors attaching only a 35-36% probability to a rate hike.
China's chipmaker CXMT Corp soared over 470% on its Shanghai STAR Market debut, making it China's most valuable listed company and reigniting AI-stock frenzy.
The bond market is signaling that it doesn't put much faith in the latest US-Iran detente lasting or cooling inflationary pressures, with Treasury yields falling only modestly despite the sharp decline in oil prices.