(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)Key Takeaways: Oil prices swung after jumping the day before due to uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz may reopen, getting the global flow of crude going again. NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are hanging around their records on Aug. 11, while oil prices keep swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. A day earlier, oil jumped more than 5% after President Donald Trump scoffed at demands from Iran that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war as one condition for reopening the strait. Higher oil prices make inflation worse, and they’ve sent the average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline to $4.01, according to AAA. Treasury yields have jumped since the war with Iran because of higher oil prices and worries about inflation, sending long-term mortgage rates to their highest levels in a year.