BANGKOK (AP) — World shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher.
A wave of Houthi attacks on oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia's southern region has escalated renewed fighting between an important U.S. ally and Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.
In early European trading, Germany's DAX declined 0.3% to 25,922.44 and the CAC 40 in Paris fell 0.2% to 8,291.43. Britain's FTSE 100 was nearly unchanged, at 10,824.32.
The future for the S&P 500 was down 0.2%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%.
