NEW YORK, United States — Oil prices pushed higher while European and US stocks dropped on Thursday as investors tracked developments on the sixth day of the Middle East war. An equity market rebound petered out after Asian markets closed. European exchanges shed around 1.5 percent and Wall Street’s main indices also retreated. Markets have been thrown into turmoil since the United States and Israel began strikes against Iran on Saturday, killing its supreme leader and sparking retaliatory attacks across the Gulf. READ: Philippine stocks rebound on bargain-hunting Tehran also effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the […]... Keep on reading: European, US stocks back in sell-off mode as oil prices surge