Tokyo — Oil prices sank again on Thursday along with the broader market after the US banned travel from Europe following a World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration that the coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic.

Market worries were compounded by the threat of a flood of cheap supply as Saudi Arabia promised to raise oil output to a record high in its standoff with Russia...

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