Benchmark S&P500 approaches all-time peak as Washington, Tehran offer conflicting accounts of status of talks.
Asia’s stock markets dive amid Iran-Israel conflict, Wall Street jittersSouth Korea’s main index plunges nearly 9 percent, while stocks in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong also see sharp falls.
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