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Front Page - Friday, August 7, 2026

US stocks slip below their records as oil prices rise 5%




NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market slipped below its all-time high, while oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again.

The S&P 500 fell 0.1% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.3%.

Berkshire Hathaway climbed after becoming the latest U.S. company to top analysts’ profit expectations.

Technology stocks weighed on the market. Intel fell after saying it may sell $15 billion of stock to raise cash to take advantage of the AI frenzy. Brent crude rose 5%.