US Stocks Slide Amid Iran War: Metals and Mining, Mortgage Finance, and Packaging Hit Hardest

US stocks have slid since the Iran war started, with the hardest-hit names in metals and mining, mortgage finance, residential construction, and packaging. Within metals and mining, Coeur, Hecla, and Southern Copper have posted the steepest losses, while Graphic Packaging, Silgan, and Amcor have led declines in packaging stocks. In interest-rate-sensitive mortgage finance and residential construction industries, Rocket and Champion Homes have fallen the most.