Stocks, bonds and commodities: How global markets have traded the Iran war

Maria Sandu

Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities have all been gripped by volatility over the course of the past month, with many assets seeing wild swings and major losses as the U.S.-Iran war drags on. While there have been some outliers, bearish sentiment has largely dragged assets lower over the course of the month. Equities across the globe have been dragged into a bruising sell-off in the five weeks of war between the U.S. and Iran. On Wall Street, all three major averages are on course to end