Stocks fall, oil surges after US seizes cargo vessel and Tehran wavers on peace talks
Source: New York Post · Bias: Right
Summary
US stocks fell and oil prices surged Monday morning as tensions over the war in Iran heated up again, after President Trump announced the US Navy had seized an Iranian cargo vessel.
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