The tape is dark. The scoreboard is final.

Friday's sweep in one glance: the Dow added 868.71 points, the Nasdaq rose 365.78, and the S&P 500 logged its third straight record close.

U.S. crude settled down 9.4% at $82.59 and Brent fell 9.1% to $90.38 after Iran said Hormuz was open for commercial traffic during the ceasefire window.

CNBC's dedicated oil story also quoted a sharper May WTI futures slide toward the mid-$80s intraday — useful reminder that cash headlines and active contract prints can diverge when volatility spikes.

Consumer discretionary led the S&P 500 while Netflix cratered on guidance — the same session showed record indexes can coexist with a streaming giant in freefall.

Reuters' closing wrap flagged the Russell 2000 outperforming large caps, up 2.1% to a record finish, with Nick Johnson of Willis Johnson & Associates citing tighter margins that make small caps more fuel-price sensitive.

AP's syndicated tally matches the small-cap print: +57.30 points to 2,776.90 — a clean cross-check between wires.

Reuters reported the Nasdaq Composite's 1.52% gain was its 13th straight advancing session — framing the technology tape as persistence, not a one-day relief pop.

• Session quality

  Third consecutive record close for both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq per Reuters' unofficial tally.

• Breadth

  The same Reuters wrap said the S&P 500 posted 49 new 52-week highs and no new lows Friday.

Dow Jones Market Data via Morningstar said the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX) gained 2.83% to $77,509.63 at the 4:00 p.m. ET marker — highest 4:00 p.m. level since February 2, 2026.

The note adds Bitcoin was up nine of the past ten sessions and logged its best week since the stretch ending April 10, 2026.

Front-month Comex gold settled $72.20 higher on Friday, up 1.51% to $4,857.60, with Dow Jones Market Data noting it snapped a two-session losing streak.

The same release flagged a 2.01% weekly gain — gold's third consecutive weekly advance.

Cboe's public VIX page showed the spot index at 17.48 on April 17, down 2.56% from a 17.94 prior close — fear still present, but no longer pricing a pure crisis tail.

The Independent's syndication of the AP story quoted the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.24% Friday versus 4.32% late Thursday as crude broke — the bond market's side of the inflation-relief trade.

Reuters reported energy was the S&P 500's weakest sector Friday, down 2.9%, with Exxon Mobil off 3.6% and Chevron down 2.2% among the benchmark's largest drags.

Parallel Reuters dispatches captured the gap between a social-media “open lane” narrative and Iranian officialdom's conditions for durable Hormuz traffic.

• Open passage messaging

  Iran's foreign minister said Hormuz was open for commercial vessels during the ceasefire window.

• Enforcement conditions

  A separate Reuters story quoted officials saying ships still need IRGC clearance and asset unfreezing as part of a deal.

Deutsche Bank still expects the Fed to hold rates through 2026, Reuters reported Friday — a view that now sits awkwardly next to oil-driven easing in risk assets.

The Federal Reserve's published calendar lists the next FOMC decision across April 28–29, 2026 in Washington.

CNBC argued the rebound from late-March lows ranks among the fastest major reversals in decades — context for why Friday felt like a finale even before the weekend headline vacuum.

The AP's Friday wire named United Airlines up 7.1% and Southwest up 5.1% as oil slid — a microcosm of operating leverage to cheaper jet fuel assumptions.