A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after Iran's missile attack on commercial tankers near the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher and revived inflation fears, a double blow for the industrial sector squeezed simultaneously by rising fuel costs and rising borrowing costs.
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