Market Midday: Stocks Lower, President Trump On Iran's Gift, Baseball Is At A Crossroads 3/26/26

I'm Jessica Edinger CNBC, a seesaw day for stocks.

The major average is lower in this last hour of trading.

Oil prices are higher.

President Trump said in a cabinet meeting today that Iran is begging to make a deal.

More U.S. Marines are heading to the Middle East, and the Dow is down 380.8% of a percent.

It's being led lower by shares of NVIDIA this afternoon, which are down three and a

half percent.

The S&P 500 index now down 91 points that's almost 1.5% the NASDAQ falling 428 points,

almost 2%.

Investors are very confused, because we hear so many conflicting reports about progress

the war and who's communicating in really the state of the Iranian regime.

But hopefully we're through the worst of it.

It's hard to tell.

That's Fun Stratz, Tom Lee on CNBC.

U.S. crude oil, up 4% today back above $90 a barrel, Brent crude, is just below $107

a barrel.

For the first time since the U.S. attack on Iran, prices at the pump in the U.S. did not

go up overnight on average.

Triple A says the national average for a gallon of regulars, $3.98.

Twelve states in Washington, D.C. now average $4 a gallon gas.

Maryland is extremely close at $2.100 of a cent under.

One investor tells CNBC there is a U.S. plan with Iran, and oil prices are going to

go up as that plan is fulfilled.

We're going to leave with that uranium.

We know where it is, we think.

But again, because it's highly enriched, it's not going to be that difficult for us to

find.

Just you can measure it from a radiation.

And again, we follow it very closely, but that's one of the objectives, you know.

There was no easy button on the oil side.

You know, it takes 25 to 28 days for seaborn oil to make its way to Asia from the straight.

That's about now.

I think you're going to see Brent at $150.

Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass on CNBC.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week came in as expected.

$210,000.

And how does that stack up?

Well, our last look was 205,000 no revision yet.

And do keep in mind, these numbers are historically low.

CNBC's Rick Santelli continuing claims the number of people still collecting unemployment

checks week after week, that fell to the lowest level in nearly two years last week, suggesting

more people are finding their next job.

Major League Baseball, not so profitable.

And a showdown is coming CNBC's Alex Sherman has the story.

At the end of this year, the collective bargaining agreement expires.

The owners want a salary cap.

Major League Baseball is the only one of the four major US sports not to have a salary

cap, but it has spoken to the strength of the players association that they've been

able to successfully push back against this concept.

If you take a look at the earnings margins of baseball teams versus the other three sports,

they're a lot lower.

Yes, valuations of teams are rising.

Yes, TV ratings are up.

Yes, attendance is up.

But because the spending is so high on baseball relative, the profit margin is not up.

I'm Jessica Edinger, CNBC.

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