New Delhi, April 2 -- Wall Street's key stock indices slipped on Thursday, as crude oil prices surged after President Donald Trump suggested more aggressive attacks on Iran.

At 09:50 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 565.37 points, or 1.21%, to 46,000.37, the S&P 500 lost 79.70 points, or 1.21%, to 6,495.60 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 367.70 points, or 1.68%, to 21,473.24.

At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 96.4 points, or 0.21%, to 46,469.36. The S&P 500 fell 62.7 points, or 0.95%, to 6,512.61​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 368.4 points, or 1.69%, to 21,472.523.

On Wednesday, the US President said that military operations would be intensified in the next two to three weeks, in a sharp...