A file photo of of an oil pump jack. — AFPPrimary US benchmark West Texas Intermediate shaves below $88 a barrel.Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei stock exchanges surge by more than 2%.Hong Kong’s gains more muted, while Shanghai’s main benchmark loses 0.4%.
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