Stock Market Live April 27, 2026: S&P 500 (SPY) Flat as Iran Peace Deal Talks Stall
Futures are mixed. The S&P 500 is down about half a point at the moment. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is down 0.06%, or by 45 cents. The Dow is down 0.07%, or…
Bank of America just reiterated a buy on Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) ahead of Wednesday’s earnings. “We reiterate our Buy rating and raise our PO to $240 from $200, based on 26.5x our CY27E P/E estimates vs 22x prior, as underlying demand trends remain robust across both cloud infrastructure and database workloads.”
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As oil pulls back, and as tech stocks continue to push higher, the major indices are in the green again. At the moment, the S&P 500 is up 0.64%, or by 47 points. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is up by $4.83 at $744. The Dow is up by 0.66%, or by 336 points. The Nasdaq is up by 0.64%, or by 160 points. Oil is down by $2.44 at $89.01. Bitcoin is down by $664 at $62,398.
Fueling upside, President Trump said a deal could be reached with Iran in the next two or three days. In fact, Trump said that the two parties are in the final stages of a “very, very good deal that will not in any way allow nuclear weapons,” as quoted by CNBC.
In addition, Iran halted military strikes on Israel, but warned it would resume attacks if Israel continues operations in Lebanon. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the conflict with Iran and Hezbollah was “not yet over.”
While it hasn’t decided on timing just yet, OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, setting it up for what may be the most highly anticipated market debut in recent history. The decision comes just after OpenAI’s chief rival Anthropic announced plans to go public and ahead of SpaceX’s planned Friday debut.
As noted by CNN, “OpenAI was last valued at $852 billion after raising $122 billion in March, but it’s faced pressure to demonstrate it can generate the cash to match that valuation.”
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Analysts at JPMorgan just reiterated an overweight rating on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction). The firm noted that it’s bullish on the partnership between NVDA and SK Hynix. “We believe the multi-year partnership implies extended demand visibility and highlights that this also acts in favor of other existing memory makers, given the likely limited supply,” as quoted by CNBC.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with a $360 price target. As noted by the firm, “WWDC 2026 illustrated clear progress on Apple’s AI roadmap and suggested earlier monetization oppt’y than we expected, but also showed Apple Intelligence improvements will be a marathon, not a sprint. With less backwards compatibility + clearer use cases, we see WWDC as a net positive.”
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