World stocks rise as focus turns to EU Covid-19 meeting
European stocks firm and the dollar continues to reign, but off two-week highs, as turbulent oil prices continue to batter the markets
22 April 2020 - 12:16
London — Stormy oil markets sent Brent prices crashing to their lowest since 1999 on Wednesday, though a stabilisation of some petrocurrencies and a bounce in European stocks gave investors something buoyant to cling to.
The wildest trading in oil market history continued with benchmark Brent down another 10% to $17 a barrel, having plunged 24% the day before after US crude prices had gone deeply negative...
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