LIVE | Dow loses 185 points due to exploding oil prices and worries about the Middle East

Wall Street closed in the red. The 5.6% increase in US oil prices on uncertainty about the impact of the war in the Middle East made investors more cautious. Investors were also awaiting Friday’s key US jobs report. The AEX closed with a loss of 0.7%. Shell aggressively increased the price of oil. In the Midcap, Air France KLM went from a strong recovery back to a fractional loss.