Stocks are mostly higher ahead of Monday's open. The major U.S. indexes are coming off their first winning week since the start of the Iran war; Iranian and U.S. officials have reportedly been given a temporary peace proposal by third-party mediators as Trump launched new threats over the weekend; Earnings from Delta Air Lines and key inflation data headline the week ahead for investors; Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related stocks are gaining after Bitcoin rallied over the weekend; Paramount Skydance is nearing a deal to secure funding from Middle Eastern wealth funds for its Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

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Stock futures are pointing to a mostly, if modestly, higher open Monday after the major indexes snapped a five-week losing streak. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were recently off 0.2%, while those tied to the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were up 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively. Crude oil futures are moving lower after closing last week above $111, their highest point since the Iran war started and highest since June 2022, amid uncertainty over how long the Iran conflict will last. Gold futures are up around 1% to $4,720 an ounce, while the 10-year Treasury yield is rising to 4.36% from last week's close of 4.32%. Bitcoin is trading near $70,000 after rallying over the weekend, surging from last week's close below $67,000.

A busy weekend in the Iran conflict included President Donald Trump placing a Tuesday night deadline on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said in a social media post on Easter Sunday that Iran needs to open the shipping route or it will be "living in Hell," writing that the U.S. will attack bridges and power plants otherwise. Reports early Monday indicated that the U.S. and Iran have been presented with a proposal from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish officials that includes a 45-day ceasefire and the Strait being reopened while peace talks take place. Trump said Sunday he will be take part in a press conference at 1 p.m. ET today with military officials.

Investors have a busy week of earnings reports and economic data to look forward to this week. Delta Air Lines (DAL) and beverage giant Constellation Brands (STZ) headline this week's corporate results as the first-quarter earnings season gets underway; big bank results are coming next week. The Personal Consumption Expenditures index for February and the Consumer Price Index report for March are due out Thursday and Friday, respectively, providing insights into how the Iran war has impacted inflation to start this year. Minutes from the March Federal Reserve meeting are scheduled to be released Wednesday, which investors will be watching for clues as to how the Fed sees the rest of the year playing out.

After a rally over the weekend to trading just under $70,000 this morning, several cryptocurrency-related stocks are rising alongside bitcoin premarket Monday. Shares of crypto exchanges like Robinhood (HOOD) and Coinbase (COIN) are gaining 2.5% and 4%, respectively, while Mara Holdings (MARA) is rising 3% and Strategy (MSTR), the largest single corporate holder of Bitcoin, is up 4%. It's been a rough stretch for Bitcoin in 2026, down from where it started the year at about $87,500, and record highs of around $125,000 last October.

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) is nearing deals to receive around $24 billion in commitments from sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to help fund its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The three funds are not expected to have voting rights in the new company, and Paramount Skydance officials don't think any of the investments will trigger reviews from the federal government because the stakes won't be large enough, people familiar with the matter told The Journal. Paramount won a monthslong bidding war for Warner Bros. earlier this year, after it increased its offer and Netflix (NFLX) refused to lift its own $72 billion deal to match. Shares of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery were little changed this morning.

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