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Happy Wednesday. With all the volatility in the oil market, I found it helpful to look at this timeline for a reminder of all that’s happened over the last eight weeks.

Stock futures are higher this morning. All three major indexes closed yesterday’s session lower.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day:

President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he would extend the ceasefire with Iran, citing the country’s “seriously fractured” government. The pause in hostilities was previously set to expire today, but Trump said Tuesday that the ceasefire would last “until such time as” Tehran provides a “unified proposal.”