U.S. stocks traded in split fashion by midday Wednesday, with a resilient Dow and S&P 500 masking softer breadth as rising oil prices and fresh tariffs kept a lid on risk appetite ahead of the first "Magnificent Seven" earnings of the season.
Oil prices climbed as the U.S. carried out its 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, broadening its targets and stoking fears over the flow of crude through the Strait of Hormuz.
West Texas Intermediate crude – as tracked by the United States Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) – rose about 2.2%, trading near $88 a barrel.
The energy-driven inflation impulse rippled into rates.
The 10-year Treasury yield pushed up about 2 basis points to 4.65%, while the 30-year yield climbed to 5.14%.
