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Mideast stock markets sharply drop on oil, coronavirus fears

by Associated Press
| March 8, 2020 12:07 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stocks markets in the Mideast suffered sharp drops in early trading Sunday over fears about the new coronavirus and falling demand for crude oil amid a failure by OPEC and allied nations to cut production.

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