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10. Dow tumbles more than 700 points as oil jumps, closing at new 2026 low under 47,000

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 05:46 PM

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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

Stocks were under pressure on Thursday as oil prices added to their surge on supply disruption worries while the Iran war continued.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 739.42 points, or 1.56%, closing at 46,677.85. The S&P 500 lost 1.52% and settled at 6,672.62, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.78% to end at 22,311.98. All three indexes posted closing lows for 2026, and the 30-stock Dow ended the session below the 47,000 threshold for the first time this year.

Crude prices continued to climb after Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei — who was appointed on March 9 — said that the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as “tool to pressure the enemy.”
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Oil prices surge and stocks fall as Iran escalates shipping attacks [View all] riversedge Thursday OP

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I will park my EV at a gas station Miguelito Loveless Thursday #8

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We need a GOP MAGA elephant sticker with an arrow that we can post at gas pumps that says "We did it!!!" cstanleytech Thursday #5

I've got the Trump ones, good enough! dem4decades Thursday #7

Well, that's another nice mess you've gotten us into. twodogsbarking Thursday #6

Dow tumbles more than 700 points as oil jumps, closing at new 2026 low under 47,000 nitpicked Thursday #10

Of course it is good for "US" Scalded Nun Thursday #11