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Oil prices topped $90 a barrel after the U.S. hit Iranian rocket launchers, but major indexes remain up for the month
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U.S. stocks fell Monday after American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers for the first time in about a month, though all three major indexes remained on pace to end August with gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 359 points, or 0.7%, with Goldman Sachs $GS and Alphabet $GOOGL among the biggest drags on the index. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq $NDAQ Composite each slipped around 0.4%.
