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Wall Street advances as investors bet on Mideast de-escalation

Wall Street advances as investors bet on Mideast de-escalation

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Wednesday (March 25) as oil prices fell while Iran reviewed a U.S. proposal to end the war in the Middle East, feeding investor hopes for de-escalation in the fourth week of a war that has disrupted global energy flows and stoked inflation concerns.