Stocks Slip, Oil Holds Above $100 as Iran Tensions Cloud Sentiment
By Tom Ozimek
Published on March 24, 2026.
U.S. stocks opened lower and oil prices held above $100 a barrel on March 24, raising concerns about Iran's involvement in the Middle East. Despite President Donald Trump's delay of strikes on Iran's power grid and energy infrastructure due to progress in peace talks, Wall Street's main indexes gave back some of the previous session's gains.
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