Kimberly Adams

And if that's the case, sure, tariffs have brought down inflation, but the economy would have much bigger problems.

I'm Justin Ho for Marketplace.

But first, the numbers.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 289.6% to close at 47,417.

The Nasdaq picked up 19 points, 0.1%, to finish at 22,716.

And the S&P 500 lost 5 points, 0.1%, to end at 6775.

Nova was just talking about the rise in natural gas prices in the U.S., which happened even before the war with Iran.

Major U.S.

producers of natural gas did well on the market today.

ExxonMobil Corporation rose 2.3%.

Chevron increased 3%.

ConocoPhillips added 2.5%.

The International Energy Agency said its members would release a record 400 million barrels of oil from its stockpile.

Brent Crude settled at about $92 a barrel.

And we mentioned yesterday that cloud infrastructure firm Oracle delivered a robust earnings report.

Today, Oracle Corporation leaped 9.2%.

Bonds fell.

The yield on the 10-year T-note rose to 4.22%.

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There's a lot going on right now.