Declining energy prices weren't enough to boost stocks in the consumer sectors, as negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain marred in fiery rhetoric.

Declining energy prices weren't enough to boost stocks in the consumer sectors, as negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remain marred in fiery rhetoric.

Shares of energy companies rose along with oil prices as reports of an Iranian attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz raised concerns about how smooth the reopening of the…