WEEKEND WRAP CONCLUDED: Trump Finds the Off-Ramp to 'Cut and Run' as Markets Reach Breaking Points

President Trump, ever the entertainer-in-chief has found the exit ramp he's been seeking to extricate himself and the United States from the worst military defeat in the country's history.

The Truth Social post from early Monday morning, Trump posted, yelling, in all CAPS:

I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Of course, this is absolute nonsense, intended to reach the Iranians (about 3:37 pm in Tehran), though the main targeted audience is in the U.S. and specifically, the people moving money around on Wall Street.

This comes on the heels of Saturday's post:

If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

The deadline Trump set was for Monday evening, around 8:00 pm ET. The post from this morning contradicts and makes the threat moot.

This post, on Friday night, exposed the hand Trump is playing:

We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran: (1) Completely degrading Iranian Missile Capability, Launchers, and everything else pertaining to them. (2) Destroying Iran’s Defense Industrial Base. (3) Eliminating their Navy and Air Force, including Anti Aircraft Weaponry. (4) Never allowing Iran to get even close to Nuclear Capability, and always being in a position where the U.S.A. can quickly and powerfully react to such a situation, should it take place. (5) Protecting, at the highest level, our Middle Eastern Allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others. The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not! If asked, we will help these Countries in their Hormuz efforts, but it shouldn’t be necessary once Iran’s threat is eradicated. Importantly, it will be an easy Military Operation for them. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump will get none of what he's asking for from Iran, as they've shown no inclination to negotiate with the U.S. - as they've stated many ties already - but, he has established the U.S. position on the conflict in the Middle East, essentially signaling the end of U.S. involvement in the region, and, via Monday morning's post, a nearly immediate end to hostilities.

Of course, this directive does not include Israel, which is being left hung out to fend for itself against Iran, which has methodically destroyed much of Israel through some 80 or more waves of missile and draone attacks, the latest targeting the communities of Dimona and Arad, the largest near the center of Israel's sparsely populated Negev desert, demonstrating that they have the ability to strike Israel's Dimona nuclear plant at any time should they so choose.

Iran also demonstrated very clearly to America, Israel and the world that their missiles have a much longer range than previously thought when they sent two missiles at the military base of Diego Garcia, some 2,500 miles from Tehran on Friday. Though the missiles caused little damage and reportedly no injuries, the message sent by the Iranians was clear: they have enough range to hit targets in Europe.

Also, over the weekend, Iran shot down an F-15 fighter jet near the Strait of Hormuz.

This most recent activity arrives following unmistakable evidence that Iran has defeated the U.S. and Israel in no uncertain terms, blowing up U.S. bases in the region, severely damaging two aircraft carriers - USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford - shooting down at least six U.S. aircraft and shelling Israel's main cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv continuously. There's little doubt that Trump and his military and political advisors have seen enough, and, while raising the white flag of surrender remains out of the question, the decision to cut and run has been made, just in time for markets to open on Monday morning.

While its apparent that the U.S. has no will to fight to the end, it's also clear that the decision was made late last week, as markets began to enter danger zones. As of Friday's closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 9.11% off its February 10 high (50,188.14). The NASDAQ had dipped 9.61% from its October 29, 2025 high of 23,958.47. Markets were reaching dangerously close to "official" correction territory of -10%.

Additionally, WTI crude oil was approaching $100 per barrel and the average price of gas in the U.S. was near $4.00 ($3.93 Sunday).

Trump made his intentions to exit the theater of war clear with the Monday morning "truth", much of which was pure nonsense. Markets responded as expected. Crude oil sank from $101.30 to $89.08 within a matter of minutes. Dow futures, which were down some 400 points, streaked higher to up over 1,000 points. The same kind of moves were seen in NASDAQ futures, up more than 500 points, and S& futures, up more than 130 points.

Without a doubt, Trump and his billionaire buddies are making serious bank on these moves. It's obvious that President Trump and his cabal of criminals favor money over people's lives. As disgusting as that may sound, it is obvious to all but those blinded by the MAGA "never wrong" crowd.

America has been defeated. It has lost its prestige in the world. Whatever gains are made by pulling out of a war that it started will be tainted by the blood of the dead.

As far as Israel is concerned, best of luck. Iran will likely destroy most of the country and render its military useless.

WEEKEND WRAP: Trump 6D Chess? We See What You Did There in the Middle East; FULL REPORT MONDAY

Editor's Note: This is a condensed version of the usual Weekend Wrap due to time limitations, fast-changing narratives and the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament. Full commentary will be posted on Monday, March 23. - FR

There has been a major signal shift coming from the White House and Trump's latest "truths" and "tweets" leaning favorably towards a cut and run from the Middle East without admitting defeat. Because this issue begs for more clarity - and because college basketball in March takes precedence over everything - a fuller picture should emerge by Monday morning. Money Daily will have a full report prior to the U.S. market open on Monday.

Stocks

Another bummer week for stocks:
Dow: -981.00 (-2.11%)
NASDAQ: -457.75 (-2.07%)
S&P 500: -125.71 (-1.90%)
NYSE Composite: -434.21 (-1.97%)
Dow Transports: -117.17 (-0.66%)

Major averages were all down close to two percent on the week. Not a coincidence. As cynical as commentary on the stock market has become, there's little surprise that stocks stopped out just short of a -10% decline.

Treasury Yield Curve Rates

Date	1 Mo	1.5 mo	2 Mo	3 Mo	4 Mo	6 Mo	1 Yr
02/13/2026	3.72	3.71	3.73	3.68	3.70	3.59	3.42
02/20/2026	3.72	3.73	3.74	3.69	3.71	3.61	3.51
02/27/2026	3.74	3.73	3.73	3.67	3.67	3.60	3.48
03/06/2026	3.75	3.74	3.72	3.69	3.67	3.66	3.55
03/13/2026	3.75	3.74	3.71	3.72	3.69	3.70	3.66
03/20/2026	3.73	3.71	3.72	3.74	3.73	3.79	3.80

Date	2 Yr	3 Yr	5 Yr	7 Yr	10 Yr	20 Yr	30 Yr
02/13/2026	3.40	3.43	3.61	3.81	4.04	4.64	4.69
02/20/2026	3.48	3.50	3.65	3.85	4.08	4.66	4.72
02/27/2026	3.38	3.39	3.51	3.72	3.97	4.57	4.64
03/06/2026	3.56	3.59	3.72	3.93	4.15	4.74	4.77
03/13/2026	3.73	3.74	3.87	4.07	4.28	4.89	4.90
03/20/2026	3.88	3.90	4.01	4.20	4.39	4.97	4.96

Commentary Monday...

Spreads:

2s-10s
2025
1/3: +32
1/10: +37
1/17: +34
1/24: +36
1/31: +36
2/7: +20
2/14: +21
2/21: +23
2/28: +25
3/7: +33
3/14: +29
3/21: +31
3/28: +38
4/4: +33
4/11: +52
4/17: +53
4/25: +55
5/2: +50
5/9: +49
5/16: +45
5/23: +51
5/30: +52
6/6: +48
6/13: +45
6/20: +48
6/27: +56
7/3: +47
7/11: +53
7/18: +56
7/25: +49
8/1: +54
8/8: +51
8/15: +58
8/22: +58
8/29: +64
9/5: +59
9/12: +50
9/19: +57
9/26: +57
10/3: +45
10/10: +53
10/17: +56
10/24: +54
10/31: +51
11/7: +56
11/14: +52
11/21: +55
11/28: +55
12/5: +58
12/12: +67
12/19: +68
12/26: +68
2026
1/2: +72
1/9: +64
1/16: +65
1/23: +64
1/30: +74
2/6: +72
2/13: +64
2/20: +60
2/27: +59
3/6: +59
3/13: +55
3/20: +51

Full Spectrum (30-days - 30-years)
2025
1/3: +38
1/10: +54
1/17: +41
1/24: +40
1/31: +36
2/7: +32
2/14: +32
2/21: +31
2/28: +13
3/7: +24
3/14: +25
3/21: +23
3/28: +26
4/4: +5
4/11: +38
4/17: +44
4/25: +40
5/2: +41
5/9: +46
5/16: +52
5/23: +68
5/30: +59
6/6: +69
6/13: +67
6/20: +69
6/27: +66
7/3: +51
7/11: +59
7/18: +65
7/25: +55
8/1: +32
8/8: +37
8/15: +44
8/22: +41
8/29: +51
9/5: +49
9/12: +40
9/19: +54
9/26: +55
10/3: +47
10/10: +43
10/17: +42
10/24: +48
10/31: +61
11/7: +69
11/14: +70
11/21: +68
11/28: +62
12/5: +97
12/12: +109
12/19: +111
12/26: +111
2026
1/2: +114
1/9: +112
1/16: +108
1/23: +104
1/30: +115
2/6: +113
2/13: +97
2/20: +100
2/27: +90
3/6: +102
3/13: +115
3/20: +123

Oil/Gas

WTI Crude Oil finished the week at $98.09, slightly higher than last Friday's close at $97.20

Average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in the U.S. is $3.94.

Bitcoin

This week: $68,913.54
Last week: $71,582.53
2 weeks ago: $67,310.05
6 months ago: $112,387.70
One year ago: $84,294.35
Five years ago: $55,870.88

Commentary Monday.

Precious Metals

Gold:Silver Ratio: 66.29; last week: 62.31

Futures, per COMEX continuous contracts:

Gold price 2/20: $5,108.34
Gold price 2/27: $5,296.40
Gold price 3/6: $5,181.30
Gold price 3/13: $5,023.10
Gold price 3/20: $4,492.00

Silver price 2/20: $84.57
Silver price 2/27: $94.39
Silver price 3/6: $84.69
Silver price 3/13: $80.64
Silver price 3/20: $67.81

SPOT:
(stockcharts.com)
Gold 2/20: $5,130.00
Gold 2/27: $5,278.05
Gold 3/6: $5,144.28
Gold 3/13: $5,022.11
Gold 3/20: $4,494.00

Silver 2/20: $84.57
Silver 2/27: $93.82
Silver 3/6: $84.33
Silver: 3/13: $80.60
Silver 3/20: $67.79

Here are the most recent prices for common one ounce gold and silver items sold on eBay (free shipping included, numismatics excluded):

Item/Price	Low	High	Average	Median
1 oz silver coin:	80.00	93.00	86.65	87.50
1 oz silver bar:	69.99	92.74	81.72	80.55
1 oz gold coin:	4,627.15	4,867.15	4,724.31	4,702.95
1 oz gold bar:	4,647.15	4,891.66	4,722.66	4,704.29

The Single Ounce Silver Market Price Benchmark (SOSMPB) continued to decline through Sunday, to $84.11, a loss of $10.97 from the March 15 price of $95.08 per troy ounce.

WEEKEND WRAP

More to come on Monday...

At the Close, Friday, March 20, 2026:
Dow: 45,577.47, -443.96 (-0.96%)
NASDAQ: 21,647.61, -443.08 (-2.01%)
S&P 500: 6,506.48, -100.01 (-1.51%)
NYSE Composite: 21,616.73, -324.30 (-1.48%)

For the Week:
Dow: -981.00 (-2.11%)
NASDAQ: -457.75 (-2.07%)
S&P 500: -125.71 (-1.90%)
NYSE Composite: -434.21 (-1.97%)
Dow Transports: -117.17 (-0.66%)

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Who Is Winning?; Stocks in Correction Mode; Gold, Silver Begin to Recover; Oil Approaches $100, U.S. Average Gas Price is $3.93

Whatever one's opinion on the War in the Middle East, one thing that stands out is the joint effort by Israeli and U.S. governments and their lackeys in the mainstream media to paint the narrative in a manner that is - to say the least - not entirely disgusting and repugnant.

Worldwide, people are supposed to believe that making war is an overall good thing for everybody. It's not. Things get blown up. People die. How that equates to something good, as in "short term pain for long term gain", takes an exceptional leap of faith... and stupidity.

People are also led to believe that Iran is an evil, terrorist state when it's not. Also, the U.S. and Israel are winning, an exceptionally false account, being that most of the U.S. bases in the Middle East have been destroyed, some beyond repair, much of Israel has been mercilessly struck by more than 50 waves of missile attacks with extensive death and damage, the U.S. Navy won't get anywhere near Iran for fear of being blown out of the water, the Strait of Hormuz has been essentially closed to commercial traffic for nearly three weeks, crude oil is approaching $100/barrel, the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is $3.93, and president Trump is asking for $200 billion more for a military "escapade" that's costing about $1 billion a day of money the U.S. does not have and will have to borrow.

Nobody is winning at this point. It's more like posturing.

At the start, this war was supposed to be over in a few days, a week, then two weeks, then four, and now, maybe by September. Why anybody believes the people promoting this nonsense is a mystery. Truth is, most don't.

Beyond the ravages of war, there are other matters to consider. America's stature as a reliable partner and honest negotiator has been permanently destroyed. Trump asked NATO countries for assistance (which, by the way, would not be needed if the U.S. were winning) in their war effort. The answer was a loud, unanimous, NO.

As far as markets are concerned, the slaughter in precious metals is a textbook example of manipulation. During times of war, prices for gold and silver always have gone up. Not this time... because it's different.

What isn't different is he effect on stocks. All the major indices are lower.

From recent all-time highs for each, as of Thursday's close, the Dow is down 8.30%. The NASDAQ is down 7.80%. The S&P 500 is down 5.32%. At least two of the major indices were about to fall into "official" correction territory - down 10% - yesterday, until Benjamin Netanyahu magically appeared to claim that he's alive and that the war is being won. Hurrah!

This is going to get worse. All of the majors are looking at a fourth straight week of losses. Through Thursday's close, the Dow is down 537 points. The NASDAQ is down 14 points and the S&P is down 18.

Futures are indicating a soft open. Gold and silver are recovering.

Total U.S. government debt passed $39 trillion this week.

Winning seems a bit overrated.

At the Close, Thursday, March 19, 2026:
Dow: 46,021.43, -203.72 (-0.44%)
NASDAQ: 22,090.69, -61.73 (-0.28%)
S&P 500: 6,606.49, -18.21 (-0.27%)
NYSE Composite: 21,941.03, -55.57 (-0.25%)

Stocks, Commodities Unraveling as Middle East War Goes Off the Rails; Fraud, Corruption Leading the Way to Economic Destruction

Outside of outright fraud in markets - which is occurring almost everywhere, but especially in commodity markets, gold, silver, and WTI crude oil - there is little to impede the coming events fomented by the irrational attacks on Iran by the brutal Israeli and U.S. militaries.

Much of what's occurred thus far in the 20-day war was entirely avoidable. The senseless killings, indiscriminate bombings and missile assaults are firmly attached to the bloodthirsty regimes in power by the aggressors. Iran's equally lethal responses against Israel and U.S. interests in the Gulf nations were widely anticipated after the various murders of their spiritual, political and military leaders.

The proximate cause of the war had little to do with Iran's nuclear capabilities. Iran's development of a nuclear deterrent had been outlawed by the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei that had been in effect for at least the past 20 years.

According to Gareth Porter, the fatwa was issued for the first time in the mid-1990s in a letter that was never publicly released. The fatwa was issued "without any fanfare" responding to a request from an official "for his religious opinion on nuclear weapons".[2]

In October 2003, Khamenei issued an oral fatwa that forbade the production and using any form of weapon of mass destruction.[4] Two years later, in August 2005, the fatwa was cited in an official statement by the Iranian government at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. It stated that the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons were forbidden under Islam.

Israel's president, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is now likely dead or severely incapacitated, had been making the false claim that Iran was just weeks or months away from having a nuclear weapon for the last 20 or 30 years. Many reporters in the news media and high U.S. government positions (neocons) have been making the same or similar claims for decades. Truthfully, Iran was no closer to having a nuclear weapon than they were six months, six years or 20 years ago, which brings into question the ultimate motive of the Israelis and U.S. political leaders.

Speculation has been swirling around President Trump's association with Jeffrey Epstein as a cause, the war started to deflect attention away from sex crimes committed prior to Trump's ascension to the presidency. While that may have played a part in the planning and execution of the military assault, there are deeper, more profound, and frightening reasons the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. These issues have been bubbling under the surface for many years and are mostly involved with the geopolitics of China, BRICS, U.S. global hegemony, the U.S. dollar, and the legitimacy of the state of Israel.

America has been losing its grip on political power for most of the last four or five decades. After then-president Richard . Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, the value of the U.S. dollar has been pressured, but its viability as the world's reseve currency has been under extreme assault in the past 15 years and especially since the COVID crisis in 2020-21. It's become obvious that the dollar is not a survivable currency, and, with its ultimate demise, the rest of the world's fiat issuance will suffer the same fate of extinction, or, at best, severe loss of purchasing power. The world is now clearly on a path toward revulsion and a complete reordering of priorities, including, and especially, the monetary order. The fiat system is clearly failing; the war the Middle East and Ukraine are nothing less than manifestations of failed policies, beginning with monetary leadership.

Just three weeks into the conflict, the Middle East is already in complete turmoil. By its brazen assault of Iran, the United States and Israel have bitten off more then they can chew. Iran's military capabilities have wreaked extensive damage on U.S. bases in the region and on the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, along with Hezbollah's relentless attacks from Lebanon, which Israel foolishly thought they could capture with the world focused on Iran.

If there's any clarity at all in the current fog of war, it is that the U.S. military has been out-maneuvered by Iran and that President Trump may well have been persuaded (or strong-armed) into thinking that Iran would capitulate quickly once the war started. The U.S. has - intentionally or by incompetence - vastly underestimated the will of the Iranian people and the depth of their missile arsenal. U.S. and Israeli defenses have been obliterated by precision Iranian missile strikes. The U.S. Navy doesn't have a ship within 700 kilometers of Iran's borders and two of America's aircraft carriers - the USS Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln - have been damaged and departed from the theater of war.

What's ahead - now that Israel has broken every unwritten rule of war by attacking oil and energy infrastructure - is a maelstrom of destruction to regional assets, the end of the sultanates of Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and other oil-producers, which, in addition to causing massive human, military, and industrial losses, and a global depression. Without energy, economies die. While the U.S. may have seen this development as a positive since it is a major oil producer, it will be no less devastating in America as elsewhere because of the intertwining nature of the global system.

All anybody outside of government can do is hope and pray for a reasonable solution. While prayer may provide some degree of relief from te daily bombardments, hope will do little to salvage a portfolio or retirement account from the eventual market crash. There's almost no doubt that the "big one" is well on its way, the only questions being "when"? and "how long"? Individuals and businesses must consider asset allocations and investment horizons with clear-eyed realism. It's easy to hope for the best of conclusions; hard decisions take courage and quite possibly a large dose of pessimism.

Whatever happens over the next year to five years, it's likely to be epochal.

To get an idea of just how exteme matters may become, one has to look no further than yesterday's stock indices, all of which headed straigt into the tank, and today's gold, silver, and oil prices.

This morning, gold was quoted on the spot market as low as $4,502, and silver at $65.45. This is unprecedented. At no other time have precious metals dropped so rapidly during a war-time event. The opposite has always been the norm. It is only because the mechanisms of price discovery on the COMEX and by the CME are corrupt and dominated by insiders and government meddlers. The same is true of the price of WTI crude oil, which adamantly refuses to price above $100 even though there's every indication that the world is facing a severe reckoning. Corruption, manipulation, and the allure of massive war profits are at the heart of the conflict and current mis-pricing of, well, practically everything. In six months, nothing will be recognizable. It's almost that way today.

With markets about to open in the U.S., Dow futures are off 305, NASDAQ futures are down 181, and S&P futures are off by 43. All of the major indices have recently broken below their leading 50-day moving averages and are approaching the 200-day MA. Nothing good can be said about this development. Today, tomorrow or early next week, the major indices will drop into correction territory, a clear sign that further deterioration lay ahead.

President Trump will be impeached early next year if he doesn't take dramatic action very, very soon, and by that, meaning a complete cessation of hostilities and the end of militarism by Israel. That's not likely to happen, so...

Brace for impact!

At the Close, Wednesday, March 18, 2026:
Dow: 46,225.15, -768.11 (-1.63%)
NASDAQ: 22,152.42, -327.11 (-1.46%)
S&P 500: 6,624.70, -91.39 (-1.36%)
NYSE Composite: 21,996.60, -318.94 (-1.43%)

Trump Supporters Fading as Venezuela Wins WBC over USA, Iran Hammers U.S. and Israel, PPI - even without recent energy price hikes - Up 0.7% in February

Wednesday is shaping up to be a rough day for the Trump White House and the remaining dozens of MAGA loyalists.

A day after the irony of Venezuela topping "USA-USA-USA" in the World Baseball Classic, the BLS release of February PPI figures sent stock futures sliding into a bottomless pit.

President Trump might take a victory lap for Venezuela, since, in the bizarre world in which he exists, he's been "running" Venezuela after deposing that heinous drug-running, cartel-leading former-president Nicolas Maduro, and the country is doing so well it's now got the best baseball team in the world.

In a saga that is surely more destructive than ironic, the economy that has been touted as strong and vibrant for, oh, maybe the last century, seems to have developed a few jams in the otherwise smooth flow. This morning's release of PPI showed the early effects of tariff-led inflation, with inflation at the wholesale level up 0.7%.

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.7 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices moved up 0.5 percent in January and 0.4 percent in December 2025. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand rose 3.4 percent for the 12 months ended in February, the largest 12-month advance since increasing 3.4 percent in February 2025.

Adjusted or unadjusted, February PPI does not factor in the massive spike that's coming in March, due to the expected rise in energy prices from the stupid war that Trump started with Iran on February 28. Now nearly three weeks along, the U.S. Navy has fully retreated from the theater of war, since large, floating objects have become easy targets for Iranian missiles and drone strikes, Israel is being demolished on a daily basis, most of the U.S. military bases have been destroyed, the U.S. and Israel have run out of defensive Patriot and THAAD missiles, and there's growing concern that both are beginning to run low on offensive supplies.

With U.S. Markets due to open in minutes, stock futures are diving. Dow futures: -277; NASDAQ futures: -127; S&P futures: -35.

Can it get any worse for the Epstein gang? Oh, yeah, lots worse!

At the Close, Tuesday, March 17, 2026:
Dow: 46,993.26, +46.85 (+0.10%)
NASDAQ: 22,479.53, +105.35 (+0.47%)
S&P 500: 6,716.09, +16.71 (+0.25%)
NYSE Composite: 22,315.54, +56.96 (+0.26%)