It's a mixed start to the week on Wall Street, with technology stocks dragging down the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 indices, while blue-chip stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached new all-time highs during the morning session in New York as traders weighed the latest surge in global geopolitical risks.
Oil prices surged by 3% due to escalating tensions in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah, coupled with supply disruptions in Libya, where a government faction halted oil production.
The Dow reached 41,420 points around 10:30 a.m. E.T., marking fresh record highs before retreating slightly and advancing by only 0.1% by midday trading in New York. Small caps managed to book modest gains, with the ...
