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Crude oil prices fall after reports of talks between the U.S. and Iran. Plus, Nanexa's stock more than doubles after Novo Nordisk signs an exclusive deal for the Swedish company's drug-delivery technology. Julie Chang hosts.
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WSJ Minute Briefing — Dow Climbs Amid Hopes for Hormuz Deal. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Russia hunted him as a spy. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Now, after 491 days in a Russian prison, he tells his harrowing story to George Stephanopoulos from the shocking arrest. They're in full masks. They're in full masks, and I'm getting dragged down onto the floor. There's a hood put over my head, and then I'm just being dragged out. To being behind bars in Russia. You had to actually write a letter to let him approve. Watch Monday morning as the exclusive breaks, only on ABC's Good Morning America. Here's your closing bell brief for Friday, September 25. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. US dogs gained ground today as a global bond sell-off paused. The Dow led the market, raising nearly 1%, the S&P 500, and the NASDAQ each added about half a percent. Crude oil prices fell following reports of diplomatic talks between the US and Iran, and hopes for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, slightly higher consumer sentiment figures out today kept inflation concerns in focus. Among individual stocks, shares of Akhemi Technologies closed up over 3%. The surge followed news of an $11.6 billion cloud services deal between Akhemi and Anthropic. The next stock more than double today. After Nova Norte's go great to pay up to $1.3 billion for the Swedish companies Drug Delivery Technology, and shares of people closed up over 11% after the journal reported that people is a potential acquisition target for Casino operator MGM resorts. Heads up an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor. We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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