Wall Street has best day since Iran war began

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With oil prices down, stocks are up.  

The Associated Press reported that the S&P 500 jumped 1.1% on Monday and was on track for its best day in five weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.9%, as of 2:21 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% higher, the Associated Press reported 

Oil was the main driver. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude fell to $93.54 after rising to $102 earlier in the morning. Brent crude, the international standard, fell to $100.37 per barrel after reaching $106.50. 

Before the war, the price of a barrel of oil was about $70.  

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