Stocks jump and oil soars to fresh multi-year highs

Stocks rose Thursday, with all three major US indices closing higher on lukewarm inflation data. Oil soared after Israel and Iran engaged in the most direct military confrontation yet between the two countries. The dollar and Treasury yields fell. 
Here's the scoreboard:
Dow Jones industrial average: 24,739.53 +196.99 (+0.80%)S&P 500: 2723.07 +25.28 (+0.94%)
AUD/USD: 0.7536 +0.0075 (+1.01%)
ASX 200 SPI futures: 6,110.0 -0.50 (-0.01%)Israeli forces carried out airstr