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World stocks touch record high as investors cheer Biden transition, vaccines

Tom Wilson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 08:43 PM

Global shares on Wednesday hit record highs and were on course for their best month ever, with investors cheering the prospect of a smooth handover of power after the US presidential election and confident COVID-19 vaccines would soon be ready.   Read more »

Markets volatile as Trump disputes US vote count

Ben Perry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 07:06 PM

Volatility gripped financial markets Wednesday with the US election outcome clouded by huge uncertainty.   Read more »

Oil collapses to $11 as world awash with crude

Roland Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 09:58 PM

US oil prices dived to 22-year lows at just $11 Monday after crashing almost 40 percent in a market flooded with crude and slammed by evaporating demand in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

World markets tumble as recession fears eclipse stimulus

Roland Jackson and John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 08:04 AM

Global stock and oil markets plunged Wednesday, as vast stimulus measures failed to offset heightened concerns that the worsening coronavirus outbreak will tip the world into a deep recession.    Read more »

Global stocks, oil plunge as Fed virus move fails to ease fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 10:33 PM

Stock markets and oil prices went into freefall Monday as interest rate cuts and fresh stimulus measures by central banks failed to lift confidence. Read more »

Oil prices jump, stocks sink on fear of US-Iran war

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 09:45 PM

Oil prices jumped, gold hit a 6.5-year high and most equities tumbled Monday after the US assassination last week of a top Iranian general continued to fuel fears of a major conflict in the Middle East, dealers said. Read more »

Apple bombshell sends investors to safe havens, 'flash crash' jolts currencies

Josephine Mason and Helen Reid, Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 10:06 PM

Apple's rare warning on revenue rocked financial markets on Thursday, as investors sought safety in bonds and less risky assets amid renewed concerns about slowing global economic and corporate growth. Read more »

Oil gyrates as Trump announces US exit from Iran deal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 12:48 PM

Oil prices gyrated Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump's announcement that the US would exit the Iran nuclear deal, a move that is expected to weigh on oil supply.   Read more »

World markets 'wobbly' as trade war fears grow

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 10:32 PM

With Washington pulling out one stop after another in the world trade order, analysts remained fearful that the US may be sailing too close to the wind. Read more »

Oil highest since 2015, stocks break records

Marc Jones, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:43 PM

Market bulls resumed their charge on Thursday, as strong data from the world’s biggest economies sent stock index records tumbling and oil prices to their highest since mid-2015. Read more »