# The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) on Thursday closed up +0.62%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA).

*business · news · 2026-04-09 · Barchart*

## Key points

- Direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon will begin next week in Washington to discuss Hezbollah disarmament.
- Over 800 vessels are trapped in the Persian Gulf due to Iran restricting access to the Strait of Hormuz.
- US Q4 GDP was revised downward to +0.5%, below expectations and prior estimates.
- Software stocks fell sharply after Anthropic and Meta launched new AI models, raising disruption concerns.
- Brown-Forman surged over 12% after reports of a takeover approach by Sazerac.

**Companies:** Amazon.com, Intel, Marvell Technology, Constellation Brands, Brown-Forman, Texas Instruments, Advanced Micro Devices, Lam Research, Micron Technology, KLA Corp, Applied Materials, Palantir Technologies, ServiceNow, Intuit, Atlassian, Workday, Adobe, Oracle, CrowdStrike Holdings, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Simply Good Foods, Whitestone REIT
**Countries:** United States, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Germany, China, Japan

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