Oil spikes, stocks plunge after Iran attacks

Oil prices spiked Wednesday and Tokyo stocks plunged as investors took fright at escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. As news broke of a missile attack by Iran against two airbases in Iraq housing the US and coalition forces, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped nearly 2.5 per cent, with the broader Topix index off more than two per cent.

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