-- 週五，美國股市收高，標普500指數和那斯達克指數均創下歷史新高。先前，伊朗宣布，在以色列和黎巴嫩停火後，霍爾木茲海峽已完全開放，導致原油價格大幅下跌。 * 伊朗外長賽義德·阿巴斯·阿拉格奇在X網站上發文稱：“根據黎巴嫩停火協議，在停火剩餘時間內，所有商船均可完全通過霍爾木茲海峽。” * 據Axios週五援引美國官員和其他消息人士報道，作為和平談判的一部分，美國和伊朗正在討論一項計劃，該計劃將以美國解凍伊朗200億美元資金為條件，換取伊朗交出其濃縮鈾庫存。 * 5月交割的西德州中質原油期貨價格下跌10.37美元，收在每桶84.32美元；全球基準布蘭特原油期貨6月交屋價格下跌8.95美元，收在每桶90.44美元。 * 奧本海默公司將Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 的目標股價從1,300美元上調至1,500美元，並維持「跑贏大盤」評級，受此提振，MPWR股價上漲約4.7%。 * Netflix (NFLX) 股價下跌約10%，成為納斯達克表現最差的股票。此前，該公司週四晚間發布的第二季業績預期低於市場預期。這家串流媒體公司還表示，其董事長兼聯合創始人里德·哈斯廷斯計劃在6月任期結束後卸任。
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