Stocks were off their session lows but still in the red near Thursday’s midpoint amid conflict in the Middle East. The Nasdaq pared a 1% loss to 0.3%. The S&P 500 cut a 0.8% deficit to 0.1%. The Dow Jones industrial average was also off 0.1%. Volume was running sharply higher on both major exchanges in the stock market today. While the market has come off its lows of the session, biotechs and chip issues were again under pressure.