by Noel Randewich and Kanchana Chakravarty

(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up sharply Friday after Iran led missile fire on Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks on its territory, targeting nuclear sites and factories and ramps of ballistic missiles.

The Dow Jones index sold 1.79%, or 769.83 points, to 42,197.79 points.

Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, lost -68.29 points, or -1.13% to 5,976.97 points. The Nasdaq Composite fell on its side of -255.66 points, or -1.30% to 19,406.826 points.

Explosions have been heard in the sky of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, triggering the alert sirens, after missiles have been drawn from Iran, according to the Israeli army.

These reprisals are a response to Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, raising fears of tensions in the region.

Oil prices have increased by 7%, the markets fearing that the conflict could disrupt the crude oil supply of the Middle East. The companies in the sector ended up, like Exxon which climbed by 2.2% and Diamondback Energy (3.7%).

“If they end up closing the Strait of Ormuz, by which a third of the world oil supply transits, this could have a fairly disastrous effect on the world markets,” said Elias Haddad, strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.

Airline companies have plunged. Delta Air Lines lost 3.8%, United Airlines dropped by 4.4%and American Airlines sold 4.9%.

Conversely, the defense sector has climbed, with Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation and Northrop Grumman earning all 3%.

The Photoshop Adobe publisher dropped by 5.3 %, the concerns about the too slow pace of the adoption of AI by the company that has overshadowed an increased annual income forecast.

Oracle jumped 7.7 % to reach a record level, straightening up for the second day after the technological company presented optimistic forecasts, stimulated by demand for its artificial intelligence services.

NVIDIA fell 2.1 % and Apple AAPPL.O lost 1.4 %.

Visan and Mastercard both fell by more than 4 % after the Wall Street Journal reported that the main retailers explore cryptocurrencies that could eliminate the need for payment intermediaries.

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