Yet the stock market surged at the opening after a 1,150-point spanking of the Dow yesterday. Investors don’t get fussed much by war, but the rising oil prices the Iran conflict brings are worrisome. Inflation brings higher interest rates. Investors took it as a signal Fed insiders are getting amped by inflation and rates will truly rise soon. Just two companies – Samsung and Hynix – came to constitute half the entire stock market capitalization.