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Global stock rally pauses on Saudi tensions, profit-taking

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street’s vaunted Dow Jones Industrial Average was a lonely bright spot in the West on Tuesday as stocks were mainly down following an Asian rally. European equities markets retreated on worries over simmering Middle East tensions, sparked by a Saudi Arabian political crackdown that sent oil prices soaring on Monday. Wall Street opened higher and the Dow just barely scraped into positive territory at the close of trading, […]