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Oil Prices Slide, Stocks Diverge

AFP/APP London: Oil prices fell further Wednesday but stocks diverged as traders tracked fallout from Iran's attack on Israel and assessed the outlook for interest rates. The top two global oil contracts fell more than one percent,…

Tokyo Shares Open Down, Yen Dips Further

AFP/APP  Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.07 percent, or 425.06…