New York, June 16, 2025 (AFP) - US stocks rise on hopes Israel-Iran fallout will be contained

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2025-06-16

Wall Street stocks climbed Monday on investors' hopes that a growing conflict between Israel and Iran can remain relatively contained, and as oil flows were spared so far despite strikes extending into a fourth day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6 percent to 42,455.47, while the broad-based S&P 500 Index advanced 0.7 percent to 6,019.60. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.9 percent to 19,584.52. "This is just the market taki......

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