ORLANDO, Florida, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a choppy session on Thursday in the green, lifted by optimism that a U.S.-Iran peace deal is close at hand, while investors also pored over Nvidia's earnings report and awaited potential bumper IPOs from SpaceX and OpenAI. In my column today, I look at the overlaps between extreme concentration in U.S....

NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - The dollar index was flat on Thursday as traders weighed the likelihood of a near-term deal to end the Middle East war, having earlier touched a six-week high on doubts a breakthrough was close. The greenback had climbed after a Reuters report that Iran's Supreme Leader issued a directive barring the export of the...

ORLANDO, Florida, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a choppy session on Thursday in the green, lifted by optimism that a U.S.-Iran peace deal is close at hand, while investors also pored over Nvidia's earnings report and awaited potential bumper IPOs from SpaceX and OpenAI. In my column today, I look at the overlaps between extreme concentration in U.S....

* Crude oil prices edge down from 3% high earlier * Dollar pares gains, yields reverse course to trade 0.2% down * Traders now see 58% chance of at least one rate hike by 2026-end (Updates for market close) By Ishaan Arora May 21 (Reuters) - Gold prices steadied on Thursday after hitting a 1% low earlier, as oil prices...