US stocks fell sharply Friday as Wall Street worried about escalating tension in the Middle East. The Dow fell 534 points, or 1.4%. The S&P 500 declined 1.6% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.8%. The US and Israel are on alert for a potential attack by Iran or its proxies, the White House said Friday, after an Israeli strike in Damascus last week. Oil prices spiked on Friday on fears of intensifying regional tensions stoked by the war in Gaza. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for... Read this story
