Oil prices jump, stocks stumble after US strikes Iran
Yahoo Finance·2026-03-02 16:06
U.S. stocks stumbled as oil prices jumped on the first trading day since the United States and Israel attacked Iran. On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran in a campaign that killed the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and dozens of top officials and hit more than 1,000 targets inside the country, President Donald Trump said. Iran has retaliated with strikes against U.S. military bases, Israel and other nations in the Middle East. News of the strikes almost immediately pushe ...