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What’s behind the fall in oil prices and the spike in markets?

Stocks were largely up on Wall Street for Friday's trade, and it followed our local market snapping our worst run of outs — eight days down since 2018. It coincided with a falling oil price despite President Trump standing firm on maintaining the US Navy blockade of Iranian ports.

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