Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street’s decline as Middle East tensions escalate

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HONG KONG (AP) — Asia stocks pulled back on Monday as worries about potentially escalating tensions in the Middle East rattled financial markets, pushing investors to look for safer places for their money. Is Bitcoin too speculative? CC Share Subtitles Off English view video Is Bitcoin too speculative? U.S. futures rose and oil prices fell despite tensions roiling the Middle East where an attack late Saturday marked the first time Iran had ever launched a military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. A barrel of benchmark U.S. oil declined 41 cents...