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Oil rose more than 10% and U.S. futures tumbled Thursday after President Donald Trump said in his first national address<\/a> since the Iran war<\/a> began that the United States will escalate its campaign in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n Futures for the S&P 500 tumbled 1.5% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.4%. Nasdaq futures slid 2%.<\/p>\n Thursday is the last day of trading this week due to the Good Friday holiday. Markets have not posted a weekly gain since the war began in late February.<\/p>\n A spokesman for Iran\u2019s military insisted Thursday that Tehran maintains hidden stockpiles of arms, munitions and production facilities. <\/p>\n \u201cThe centers you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach,\u201d Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari claimed.<\/p>\n Just before Trump began his address \u2014 in which he said U.S. \u201ccore strategic objectives are nearing completion\u201d \u2014 explosions were heard in Dubai as air defenses worked to intercept an Iranian missile barrage.<\/p>\n Trump did not mention a looming deadline he set for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, the critical waterway for global oil and gas transport, after he threatened Iran earlier with U.S. attacks on its energy infrastructure if the strait was not reopened. He did not offer a clear path to end the supply disruptions that have sent energy prices soaring.<\/p>\n Oil prices shot sharply higher following Trump\u2019s remarks. The price U.S. crude on Thursday actually shot higher than the type of crude that has been bottled up by the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n Benchmark U.S. crude rose $10.11 to $110.24 a barrel outpacing Brent, the international benchmark. Brent jumped more than 8% to $109.38. <\/p>\n \u201cThe market has shown disappointment because the speech President Trump made was far less than what the market expected,\u201d said Takashi Hiroki, chief strategist at Monex in Tokyo. \u201cThere were no concrete details about the end of the hostilities with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the market wants is a clear outline for the ceasefire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In overnight equities trading, General Motors slid more than 2% after the automaker reported a nearly 10% decline in first quarter sales. That dragged most automakers lower early Thursday as several others prepare to post their latest results.<\/p>\n At midday in Europe, Britain’s FTSE 100 was down 0.6%, France’s CAC 40 fell 1.3%, and Germany’s DAX lost 2.4%.<\/p>\n Asian shares closed lower. Tokyo\u2019s Nikkei 225 was down 2.4% to 52,463.27 on Thursday. South Korea\u2019s Kospi lost 4.5% to 5,234.05, also after government data showed consumer prices in March rose 2.2% from a year earlier on soaring fuel costs.<\/p>\n Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng fell 0.7% to 25,116.53, the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.7% to 3,919.29.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s S&P\/ASX 200 dropped 1.1%, while Taiwan\u2019s Taiex traded 1.8% lower.<\/p>\n Gold and silver prices fell. Gold was down 3.9% to $4,627 per ounce, while silver lost 6.9% to $70.85.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Associated Press journalists Matthew Daly<\/a>, Kim Tong-hyung and Mayuko Ono contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n