Dow leads declines ahead of jobs report, oil surges 5% as Mideast focus intensifies
Stocks slipped on Thursday as Wall Street awaited the key jobs report and dissected a slew of economic data ahead of it. Meanwhile, the possibility of an Israeli retaliatory attack against Iran’s oil facilities sent oil soaring for a third day. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped almost 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)…