New York, May 21, 2026 (AFP) - US stocks end volatile session higher as oil prices retreat

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Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher Thursday following a choppy session as markets tried to parse the prospects for a Middle East peace deal while digesting earnings from Nvidia and Walmart. After oil prices ascended for the first part of the day, benchmark futures contracts reversed course and finished down about two percent. International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol warned that the world may be entering "the red zone" on oil supplies,......

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