22-12-2016 15:51 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Wall Street and oil take the 2016 spoils

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Oil is set to be 2016's top market performer, with its near 50 percent gain an outcome few would have predicted when it plunged to a 12-year low in January. In a year of shocks, including Britain's vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president, several major assets have been on a rollercoaster. "(Given) the fragility that markets started the year with and the events that then happened ... it is pretty remarkable how resilient thin
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