CNBC Daily Open: A super Thursday of earnings and hopes for Iran detente

The Rheinmetall AG logo can be seen in front of the headquarters.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesHello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.Investors in Europe have a full plate today, with a stacked earnings docket stretching from Tokyo to Frankfurt. Meanwhile, diplomacy is inching forward over the Strait of Hormuz, and a Federal Reserve policymaker is warming to future rate hikes. Investors appeared to be glass-half-full. The Dow closed at a record high, oil is sliding as the war premium drains away, even as Jamie Dimon warned that margin debt across financial markets has never been higher.Earnings, everywhere, all at onceIt's another Super Thursday for results. In Tokyo, SoftBank Group posted a profit beat, boosted by its stakes in Intel and TikTok-owner ByteDance. The report card also offers investors a first read on how Masayoshi Son's AI bets weathered the tech turbulence. In Germany, the defense industry takes center stage, with German arms maker Rheinmetall lowering its sales forecast for the year, and Renk's reporting sustained order momentum.Rounding out the docket, Commerzbank said its net pr...