Stocks end mostly flat as oil prices pull back and investors continue to monitor the latest developments out of the Middle East.

Wall Street continues to be buffeted by the winds of war, as the effects of the Iran war are being seen through widespread volatility.

The broad market index dropped 0.21%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 34 points, or 0.07%. The Nasdaq Composite inched up 0.01%. The Dow had lost as much as 296.57 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down 0.

Stock futures hovered near the flatline shortly after 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Futures tied to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures each gained 0.08%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 3 points, or less than 0.1%.

The U.S. stock market careened through a manic Monday, going from a steep early loss to a solid gain as worries turned into hope that the war with Iran may not last that long.

The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq fell as the stock market reacted to disappointing jobs data and surging oil prices.

This $7.8 trillion figure suggests investors are losing faith in the stock market.

The widening Iran war has upended oil production and shipping across the Middle East, straining energy supplies worldwide. Those disruptions caused oil to spike Monday, only for it to swiftly fall back after President Donald Trump suggested the war could be near an end.