Major indexes slip as soaring oil nears $100 mark

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P 500 sank 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 628 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.3%. They felt pressure from rising oil prices after a barrel of Brent crude briefly climbed as high as $99.46. It later settled at $97.92, up 0.9%, to continue its run from roughly $72 in early July as increased fighting in the Middle East keeps the global flow of oil constricted….

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