Stock Market today, March 2 -- Logistics as wekk as port stocks declined up to 5% in intra-day deals on Monday, March 2, as global tensions flared sharply over the weekend. The United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations inside Iran, with reports indicating that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed during the initial wave of attacks. The sudden escalation unsettled financial markets worldwide, sparking a rush into safe-haven assets and triggering sharp swings across commodities, currencies and equities.

The situation deteriorated rapidly over the weekend as joint US-Israeli strikes hit multiple strategic and military targets across Iranian territory. In response, Tehran launched retaliatory miss...