Share this article Join the conversation Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter (Image credit: Getty Images) Late dip-buying pulled technology and consumer discretionary into positive territory with energy, but all the other stock market sectors were down after crude oil prices surged to 52-week highs on reports Iran attacked...

Stocks sink and fear rises as the conflict in the Persian Gulf escalates toward total war. 

Opponents say the "beach closures to facilitate the very risky, hazardous activity puts the public in danger."