# US stocks near record high as Trump claims Iran talks are underway and oil falls

https://mins.news/en/item/12613

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-04 02:56 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/4/us-stocks-near-record-high-oil-falls-as-trump-claims-iran-talks-underway?traffic_source=rss

> US stocks moved close to a record peak as Donald Trump claimed that talks with Iran were underway. Washington and Tehran offered conflicting accounts of the status of those discussions. The benchmark S&P 500 approached its all-time high. Oil prices declined as markets weighed the competing descriptions of the reported talks.

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