As the military conflict between the United States and Iran intensified and international oil prices soared, the New York stock market fell, led by technology stocks. While semiconductor stocks all showed weakness, SK Hynix's American Stock Depositary Receipt (ADR), which debuted on Nasdaq, plunged more than 9% in one day. On the New York Stock Exchange on the 13th (local time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 138.37 points (0.26%) from the previous day to 52,498.64. It closed. The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 index closed at 7515.34, down 60.05 points (0.79%), and the Nasdaq Composite Index, centered on technology stocks, closed at 25,873.18, down 408.43 points (1.55%). As U.S. President Donald Trump announced the resumption of a maritime blockade on Iranian ships, the preference for risky assets increased. It was shrinking. President Trump announced through his social media platform Truth Social, “We are resuming the blockade of Iran, preventing only Iranian ships and Iranian customers from entering.” The United States and Iran exchanged large-scale airstrikes over the weekend, and international oil prices soared as a result. U.S. West Texas Crude Oil (WT)