U.S. stocks staged a comeback during the final trading session of March amid the market’s worst quarterly performance since 2022.
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average surged by 900 points, or 2 percent. The index slumped by 4.7 percent in the first quarter.
The tech-driven Nasdaq Composite Index soared by almost 700 points, or more than 3 percent. The Nasdaq declined by around 8 percent in the January–March period.
The broader S&P 500 climbed by about 150 points, or 2.4 percent. The index tumbled close to 6 percent in the first three months of 2026.
Investors reacted to unconfirmed reports that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he was open to ending the war on the condition of guarantees….