Stock Market Today: Dow Falls, Oil Prices Jump As U.S., Iran Exchange New Strikes (Live Coverage)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes dropped Monday, as oil prices surged following U.S. strikes against Iran for the first time in a month, prompting retaliatory action by Tehran. Just after Monday’s open, the Dow industrials fell 0.6% as the S&P 500 lost 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1% in the stock market today. West…