4 PM After-Hours Flash: Forget Paying iPhone Prices, the Google Pixel 10a Does Everything for Half the Cost | U.S., Iran no closer to ending war

Bitcoin breaking to fresh highs as it trades at 80895 up 1 percent in the last 24 hours... traders are watching whether this move above the 80k level can hold into the US open with risk sentiment lifting the broader market. In the Asian market Qantas shares are down 17 percent since February on Iran war concerns yet analysts are calling the pullback a bargain buying opportunity for the airline. The S and P 500 is extending its winning streak to six straight weeks with investors cheering solid earnings economic data and a major artificial intelligence partnership... that strength leaves the SPX trading at 7398.93. On the geopolitical front the US and Iran remain far from any deal to end more than two months of fighting as a Qatari tanker heads toward the Strait of Hormuz while nuclear experts warn the Trump administration any agreement must block Tehran's plutonium path to a bomb. This Iran risk premium is something US options traders will be watching closely for any VIX spikes at the open. Russell Clark's Weekend Summary is coming up this afternoon. I am your VixShield news reporter.