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📈 TL;DR – The Week in 60 Seconds
The market just logged its best week of 2026, but it was not exactly a spa day. A U.S.-Iran ceasefire sparked a relief rally, oil dropped hard, and investors piled back into risk assets as fears of a full-blown energy shock eased.
Friday then brought a reality check: March inflation hit 3.3%, consumer sentiment fell to a record low, and traders got cautious before weekend peace talks. Even so, stocks finished solidly higher, gold climbed, the dollar slid, and Bitcoin ripped higher. This week, PPI, earnings and any fresh turn in the Middle East (including the U.S. blockade reaction) matter most.
Quick Levels → Last week’s change
S&P 500: 6,816.90 | ↑3.56% Nasdaq 100: 25,116.34 | ↑4.45% Dow: 47,916.58 | ↑3.04% Russell 2000: 2,630.59 | ↑3.97% | Gold/oz: $4,723 | ↑1.56% Silver/oz: $73.92 | ↑4.02% Bitcoin: $71,095 | ↑2.53% U.S. Dollar Index: 98.70 | ↓1.49% |
🚀 Top Movers Last Week
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Avis Budget Group (CAR) ↑57.51% — Short squeeze powered by high short interest and Pentwater stake disclosures kept buyers piling in.
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) ↑44.93% — Rallied after a $200 million transceiver order and Rosenblatt raised its price target.
TTM Technologies (TTMI) ↑24.63% — AI server-board demand and defense exposure pushed this under-the-radar hardware supplier to records.
CoreWeave (CRWV) ↑24.03% — Rose as a $21B Meta deal and new Anthropic pact boosted backlog confidence.
Intel (INTC) ↑23.82% — Musk Terafab partnership and Google AI/cloud deal reignited turnaround hopes for foundry.
Cloudflare (NET) ↓21.12% — Slid as software stocks sold off when Anthropic’s new model revived AI disruption fears.