12:19 PM EDT, 04/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange has rallied sharply today, jumping over 433 points at midday, after Tuesday evening's news about a two-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran, brokered by Pakistan. The best performers are miners, up 5.8%, boosted by higher metals prices. Energy and telecoms are the sole decliner, down 5.3% and...

12:38 PM EDT, 04/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes jumped while crude oil futures sank as a conditional two-week ceasefire agreement with Iran boosted investor confidence and eased geopolitical tensions. The Nasdaq Composite surged 2.9% to 22,654.4, the S&P 500 soared 2.4% to 6,775.6, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average catapulted 2.6% to 47,781.1. All sectors except energy rose...

* Indexes up: Dow 2.33%, S&P 500 2.13%, Nasdaq 2.56% * Oil stocks tumble as crude prices slump to below $100 a barrel * Airlines, cruise operators rally on lower oil prices * Levi Strauss gains after annual earnings forecast raise (Updates with late-morning prices) By Purvi Agarwal and Avinash P April 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes climbed...

April 8 (Reuters) - The UK's FTSE 100 rallied to a more than one-month high on Wednesday after an agreement between the United States and Iran on a two-week ceasefire sent global stocks surging and oil prices sharply lower. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement late on Tuesday, just two hours before a deadline he had set for Iran...