Oil prices and stocks were mixed Friday as early optimism fuelled by Donald Trump's decision to again push back a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz petered.

Oil prices fell Friday after Donald Trump again pushed back a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though most equities also dropped as traders shrugged at the

US stocks fell Thursday and oil prices jumped 6% as President Trump warned Iranian negotiators they “better get serious soon” amid conflicting reports over peace talks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 469 points,

Oil prices rose on Friday but were on track for their ‌first weekly decline since February 9 as U.S. President Donald Trump extended a pause in attacks on Iran's energy plants, though investors remain cagey about prospects for ceasefire in the month-old war.

Israel's military said its forces carried out "a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran" early Friday. This, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they had carried out missile and drone strikes the previous day targeting sites in Israel and military facilities in the Gulf used by U.

Oil prices fell after Donald Trump that Washington and Tehran are "in negotiations right now" and indicated Iran is keen to reach a peace agreement.

Wall Street fell in Tuesday's volatile session as investors swayed between rising oil prices and hopes for a resolution to the war on Iran.

Oil prices jumped and equities slid Thursday as hopes for a peace deal between the United States and Iran wavered, with US President Donald Trump threatening to "obliterate" the country