AP NewsWatch

I'm Ben Thomas with NAP News Minute.

Douts that the Iran War will end anytime soon, sent oil prices higher again today,

Brent crude rising above $100 per barrel.

Stock swung lower, the Dow lost 469 points for about 1 percent.

The S&P fell 1.7 percent, the Nasdaq 2.4.

Mortgage rates up this week, Freddie Mac puts the average 30-year at 6.38 percent.

Jobless claims fell last week.

And Marcelo Sanchez reports the new poll finds most working women feel at a disadvantage

regarding pay.

The survey from the Associated Press Nork Center for Public Affairs Research shows equal

pay is a major source of concern for working women, compared to getting an education,

a job, or a promotion.

About three in ten days they've personally experienced wage discrimination, compared

to about one in ten working men.

These findings come at a time when men's earnings are rising faster than women's.

I'm Marcelo Sanchez.

And I've been Thomas.