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Urgent: U.S. stocks tumble on geopolitical tensions, diving oil

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks suffered big losses Wednesday, as rising geopolitical tensions and sinking oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.

The Dow slumped 1.47 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped 1.31 percent, while the Nasdaq lost 1.14 percent. Endit