At least eight oil tankers began moving toward the Strait of Hormuz within hours after Iran <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/iran-ob-avil-o-polnom-otkrytii-ormuzskogo-proliva-na-vrema-prekrasenia-ogna">said</a> the key waterway was fully open to shipping during a cease-fire in Lebanon. This was evidenced by vessel tracking data <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/oil-tankers-make-dash-toward-hormuz-as-iran-says-strait-is-open">compiled by</a> Bloomberg.

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The development of an advanced Mythos model <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/na-rynke-novaa-volna-soft-apokalipsisa-kakie-akcii-rasprodaut-investory">capable of</a> overcoming existing cyber defenses has only further convinced Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei of the need to regulate AI. Amodei <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9e0e0fc6-ab7d-4b69-a8b1-5a972b82fb06?syn-25a6b1a6=1">gave an</a> interview to the Financial Times amidst the anxiety of experts and investors, and in anticipation of Anthropic's IPO. Oninvest recounts his statements.

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On Friday, April 17, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arkakchi <a href="https://t.me/SeyedAbbasAraghchiIr/6266">announced</a> that the Strait of Hormuz has fully opened to commercial shipping. This came after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day cease-fire a day earlier. Araqchi noted that ships could travel through the strait along an "agreed route" during the period of the agreement.

Why did Iran open the Strait of Hormuz? 

Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-17/trump-says-iran-to-suspend-nuclear-program-won-t-get-funds">reports</a> citing a telephone interview with him. The US president denied that the moratorium on Iran's nuclear program will expire in 20 years. Asked whether the program would be suspended completely, Trump said, "No years, no limits."

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Intel Corporation

The Wall Street consensus price target is $56.2 per Intel share, which implies a drop of 18% from the closing price on April 16, but some analysts expect the securities to rise to $100

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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev, who has been advising to buy PayPal shares for two years, downgraded them to Neutral due to risks from Elon Musk's new fintech service X Money, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-was-pushed-out-at-paypal-now-hes-launching-a-rival-that-could-disrupt-it-d4505c6f?mod=home_lead">writes</a>. X Money is a digital wallet and payment platform integrated into the X social network, which Dolev estimates has "the potential to change the payments market in the United States."

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The dollar, which has become a major defensive asset since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran, has pulled back to pre-war levels 

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QuidelOrtho Corporation

QuidelOrtho shares <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/QDEL/">tumbled</a>&nbsp;more than 27% on Thursday to their lowest level since April 2011 after the small-cap diagnostics provider <a href="https://ir.quidelortho.com/news/news-release-details/2026/QuidelOrtho-Announces-Preliminary-Revenue-for-the-First-Quarter-2026-and-Provides-Update-on-Full-Year-2026-Guidance/default.aspx">reported</a>&nbsp;preliminary first-quarter results that came in well <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/quidelortho-diagnostics-stock-moderate-flu-season-51c6af1a?mod=RTA">below Wall Street expectations.</a> The move was driven by a weaker flu season in the U.S. and the Middle East conflict, the company said.

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Allbirds, Inc.

Still, Allbirds shares are up 336% versus before the strategy change announcement

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Kailera Therapeutics

Eli Lilly and Company

Shares of biotech Kailera Therapeutics Inc. are available for trading on the Freedom client trading platform. The company’s lead asset, ribupatide, is part of the multibillion-dollar race for weight-loss drugs, a market expected to exceed $150 billion over the next decade. Later on Friday, the stock will start regular-session trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol <a href="https://tap.freedom24.com/to/quote/HMH.US?utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=HMH.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu17521958">KLRA</a>.

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Lumen Technologies, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Shares of mid-cap company Lumen Technologies, which builds fiber-optic infrastructure, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LUMN/">jumped</a>&nbsp;more than 10% on Wednesday after the company <a href="https://ir.lumen.com/news/news-details/2026/AWS-and-Lumen-Redefine-Private-Cloud-Connectivity-by-Bringing-Cloud-and-Network-Together/default.aspx">said</a>&nbsp;it had become the first network provider to work with Amazon Web Services on the AWS Interconnect project.

Shares of fiber network provider Lumen jump on collaboration with AWS

easyJet plc

Shares of UK low-cost carrier EasyJet plunged nearly 9% in early trading in London on Thursday after the company <a href="https://corporate.easyjet.com/investors/regulatory-news/news-details/default.aspx?slug=trading-update-for-the-six-months-ended-31-march-2026">said</a>&nbsp;that, despite strong demand, its financial performance had worsened in the first half of fiscal 2026. The deterioration was driven by the conflict in the Middle East and the resulting rise in fuel prices.

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