Global markets today: Oil prices jump, investors shun stocks

World markets today: Crude oil prices jumped, gold and the US dollar also gained as investors across the global markets shunned riskier assets like stocks.

Oil prices soared by as much as 5% as fears of tightening supply drove Brent crude futures as high as $89 per barrel and US crude futures topping $87 a barrel.…

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