Oil prices keep climbing after Friday's spike following a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Airline stocks declined on worries over higher fuel costs sparked by rising oil prices. American and Delta slid more than 1% each while United fell 0.8%. Retailers such as Dollar Tree also pulled back 2.2%. Dollar Tree was also downgraded by an analyst at Loop Capital.
"We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that's there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We're not leaving unless they pay us back for it," Trump said.set by the 2015 nuclear deal. On Monday, gold futures hit their highest level in more than six years. They traded 1.6% higher at $1,577.60 per ounce. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield hovered below 1.8% after starting 2020 trading above 1.9%. Yields move inversely to prices.
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