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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chan Ho-Him

Asian shares are mostly lower and oil sinks $2 after Trump says Iran stopped killings

Japan Financial Markets - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Asian shares were mostly lower and U.S. futures also fell Thursday after Wall Street retreated, dragged down by falls in Big Tech stocks.

Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters.

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