Yukos, UES, Ukraine Worries Drive Markets Sharply Lower
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Shares fell Thursday, led by Yukos, which is facing $20 billion in outstanding tax claims.
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Stocks opened the week in grim fashion in Asia and Europe, falling heavily amid worries about banking sector debts and a slowdown in the U.S. economy. Wall Street was modestly lower.
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European equities fell on Tuesday after losses in US and Asian stock markets, prompted by renewed fears of credit market weakness.
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Stock markets took another hit on Wednesday as European equities moved lower, after indices plunged across Asia and in the US.
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Russian shares on Thursday fell below their level at the beginning of the year as investors took flight at signs of government interference in private business.
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Stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday, as a build-up in oil supplies hurt energy stocks and bond yields touched session highs, weighing on financial shares and other rate-sensitive sectors.
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Leading shares closed sharply lower, impacted by losses on Wall Street after weak US economic data raised concerns of a further economic slowdown, with options expiries and UK banking stocks also weighing.
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Wall Street fell sharply Tuesday, joining a global stock decline sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are cooling
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European stocks fell sharply on Thursday as volatility returned to global equity markets following a jump in oil prices and concerns over interest rates.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew about a plan by global central banks to unfreeze credit markets, sending financial shares lower.
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Leading shares closed lower with defensive stocks such as utilities the major fallers in London, and as Wall Street was sharply down on worries about writedowns and the trade deficit unexpectedly widening.
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U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with all three major indexes snapping a three-week streak of gains, after disappointing results from companies such as Caterpillar Inc.  and Google . Concerns about more credit problems tied to the subprime mortgage market added to the weaker sentiment.
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European stock markets fell back in early trading as high-flying oil prices and jitters about upcoming company results undermined investor sentiment.
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Business & money: Stockmarkets fell sharply on continuing fears of a recession in the US that also pushed oil prices below $90.
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Markets in Asia and Europe fell again today as investors dumped stocks that had surged in recent weeks.
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A steep sell-off swept through global stock markets on Tuesday as investor confidence was hit by the escalating woes of the US subprime mortgage market and weak US retail sales data.
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Yukos shares have plummeted nearly 10 percent in early trade Friday on Moscow&#39;s ruble-denominated MICEX exchange. That came after an unconfirmed report that the embattled oil giant&#39;s