[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.4%), Nasdaq Composite (+0.4%), and DJIA (+0.8%) remain higher across the board, tracking for higher week-to-date finishes with just an hour left in this week's action.
Crude oil futures settled today's session $2.51 lower (-2.7%) at $92.17 per barrel, with the intraday retreat amid talks of progress between the U.S. and Iran providing the broadening out of strength needed to push stocks to intraday highs.