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ATH on Two Tailwinds: Saturday Iran Talks Confirmed, DOJ Drops Powell Probe — Oil Won't Confirm
S&P 500 closed 7,165.08 (+0.80%), Nasdaq 24,836.60 (+1.63%) — both fresh all-time highs. Dow finished -0.16%, Russell flat-to-down on the session. Intel +23.6% (best day since 1987), Nvidia +4.32% reclaiming $5T cap, semis up 18 sessions in a row. Two intra-day catalysts drove the bid: White House confirmed Witkoff and Kushner fly to Pakistan tomorrow for direct US-Iran talks (Vance excluded), and DOJ dropped the Powell criminal probe — removing the explicit precondition Tillis named for releasing his Warsh hold. VIX finally compressed to 18.71 (-3.11%). But Brent closed $105.33, WTI $94.40 — oil still refusing to confirm. Iran continues mine-laying per US officials; Tasnim semi-official is reporting Araghchi may not actually meet US officials. Risk holds RED — two of five YELLOW conditions clean today, three pending into the weekend.
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