Rising oil prices and sharp drops for two of Wall Street’s most influential companies, Alphabet and Tesla, yanked the US stock market lower.

(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street investors bracing for the start of the high-stakes megacap earnings season sent stocks wavering while worries about an escalation of the conflict…

The US stock market is drifting in mixed trading, while oil prices climb another 3 per cent as fighting continues in the war with Iran.