New Delhi, March 27 -- Major stock indices on Wall Street slipped this Friday as the ongoing Middle East conflict persisted, even as the United States deferred its timeline for potential strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure.

At 10:09 a.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.06%, the S&P 500 lost 0.94%, and the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.27%.

At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55.9 points, or 0.12%, to 45,904.25. The S&P 500 fell 23.3 points, or 0.36%, to 6,453.89​, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 120.9 points, or 0.56%, to 21,287.187.

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump pushed back a self-imposed deadline to "obliterate" Iran's power facilities to April 6, contingent on Tehran permitting oil ...