Dow tumbles nearly 500 points as Mideast conflict spooks Wall Street
The Dow plunged nearly 400 points on Monday while Treasury yields rose, as traders tamped down bets for Federal Reserve interest-rate easing and worried about the Middle East conflict’s impact on oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had plunged more than 500 points earlier Monday, dropped 398.51 points, or 0.9%, to 41,954.24. The blue-chip…