4:20 pm : Stocks got rocked Monday after hawkish commentary from Fed Chairman Bernanke late in the day exacerbated early weakness that was sparked by mounting tensions with Iran.
Before the market opened, the absence of notable earnings and economic data placed extra emphasis on surging oil prices. Crude oil futures hit three-week highs near $74 a barrel after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei indicated that a "wrong move" against its nuclear facilities could "seriously endanger energy flow in the region." However, even as oil prices eased a bit and were trading
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EU diplomat, Iran nuclear negotiator meet The European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, center, talks to the media upon arrival at Mehrabad airport in Tehran as Germany ambassador in Iran Baron Paul Von Maltzahn, right, looks on, Monday June 5, 2006. Solana arrived in Tehran late Monday, carrying a Western incentives package designed to coax Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program and told reporters at Tehran airport that the West wanted 'to start a new relationship on the basis of mutual respect and trust.' (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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