S&P 500 Ends Marginally Lower as Iran War Risk Outlasts UNGA Diplomacy
๐ MARKETS โ S&P dips as war premium outlasts every UNGA headline. ๐ LOOK CLOSER: Neither panic nor confidence โ investors are pricing a conflict with no exit date. Hormuz transit volumes showed no recovery despite UNGA shuttle talks; that gap now appears in equities. Ceasefire talks stalled, Houthi insurance costs trap Saudi barrels onshore. War-risk discount is being treated as structural. Watch energy and defense rotation as the tell.