HONG KONG, China — Oil surged more than 5 percent Thursday and stocks sank as Iran carried out a series of attacks on Gulf energy facilities and warned of more following a strike on one of its key gas fields, while warnings of higher US inflation also soured the mood. After spending much of Wednesday hovering around $100, crude soared as Tehran threatened to target regional installations in reply to what it said was an Israeli hit on a site serving its massive South Pars field, which it shares with Qatar. Abu Dhabi later shut down operations at a gas […]... Keep on reading: Crude prices surge, Asian stocks sink as Iran warns of regional energy strikes