Daily Pour · Monthly archive
April 2026.
Every briefing.
25 editions, 1 April to 30 April 2026.
The Daily Pour is Vault's weekday markets briefing: where the major indices closed, what moved in commodities and FX, the one development most likely to matter to a long-term portfolio, and the calendar ahead. This page lists all 25 editions published in April 2026, oldest first, so the month can be read as it unfolded.
- Trump says Iran war could end in weeks; global markets surge in biggest rally of the year
- Liberation Day AnniversaryTrump says objectives nearing completion — Brent surges 5.75% as Hormuz risk returns
- Energy crisis deepens as Trump vows intensified Iran strikes
- Hormuz cracks open as ceasefire talks accelerate
- Deadline day for Hormuz — Trump sets a Tuesday ultimatum
- Ceasefire sends oil crashing as Hormuz reopens
- Ceasefire sparks global relief rally as Hormuz stays blocked
- Week's EndTalks begin in Islamabad — VIX breaks below 20 as Saudi oil hit keeps energy elevated
- Inflation bites as the energy shock deepens
- Escalation EditionTalks collapse, blockade begins — oil surges back above $100
- Blockade Day OneBlockade is live — oil dips, markets rally
- Wall Street posts record profits as Trump floats Iran talks
- Diplomacy SprintS&P breaches 7,000 as Trump says war is 'very close to over'
- Lebanon ceasefire takes hold as oil retreats and diplomacy gains ground
- Oil crashes 9% as Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
- The AperitifThe peace trade meets reality — Hormuz shuts, Asia gives the first verdict
- Hormuz crisis reignites — but the tape refuses to give up its gains
- Trump extends the ceasefire — unilaterally
- Iran answers the ceasefire — with two ships
- Oil won the tiebreaker — stocks blinked
- Tech took the wheel — Friday closed the week at a record
- The weekend moved the goalposts — Iran talks off, Brent through $107
- Quiet records into the heaviest week of the year
- Three shocks before the FOMC — Mag-7 night decides
- Capex split, $118 Brent — Apple closes the wall tonight
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