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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chan Ho-Him

Oil prices slip and Asian shares are mostly lower as investors sell chipmaker stocks

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

Oil prices fell Wednesday and Asian shares were mostly trading lower as South Korea’s Kospi extended its losses after falling more than 16% over the past two days.

Crude prices remain volatile after the U.S. said early Thursday it had conducted a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran, responding to an attack on a U.S. base.

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