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Crude oil posted its sharpest fall since May on Monday as world stock markets plunged after an unprecedented downgrade of the US credit rating fueled fears of a double-dip recession in the world's biggest economy.

Strong earnings on Wall Street overshadowed new signs of weakness in the U.S. economy, helping to spur world stock markets higher Friday.

World stock markets were mixed Monday, with investor on edge as political unrest in the Arab world spread to OPEC member Libya while oil stocks helped some benchmarks advance.

World markets were mostly higher Thursday as investors took heart from figures showing an improving economic picture in the U.S. and signs that tensions had cooled at least temporarily on the Korean peninsula.

World stock markets tumbled Monday, dragged down by weak U.S. employment figures and fresh fears that Europe's debt crisis is spreading.

World stock markets tumbled Tuesday, extending Wall Street's sell-off as the sliding euro fueled a new wave of pessimism about the global economy's health.

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continued fall in the dollar.

World stock markets were mixed Friday amid investor uncertainty about the global outlook after Wall Street fell on weak energy demand.

World stock markets fell Friday ahead of a key U.S. jobs report due later in the day, which some fear could show unemployment nearing 10 percent rate in the world's largest economy.

Global stock markets dropped Friday as leaders of the world's 20 largest economies assembled in the U.S. to find ways to foster a healthy economic recovery.