Stocks & Software Soar, Oil Snores As Traders Forget About The War

Coming into today, there was tangible dread on trading desks: after all, Asia was a bloodbath, Europe was red, and Korea's Kospi had just suffered it's biggest 1- (and 2-) day drop on record, tumbling 12% on Wednesday and briefly entering a bear market from its record high just 3 days ago.