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Stocks closed higher on Thursday on renewed hope that a resolution to a trade dispute with China could be on the horizon. Investors also cheered strong quarterly results from Walmart and Cisco Systems.
Copper prices hit their lowest levels in 13 months , potentially signaling an economic slowdown is happening around the world.
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as declines in tech shares and Macy's dampened investor sentiment. Equities also followed overseas stocks lower.
Stocks rose on Tuesday as a rebound in the Turkish lira lifted investor sentiment.
Emerging-market stocks fall sharply as a financial crisis that sent Turkey's currency plummeting last week worsened.
Stocks slipped on Monday as a financial crisis in Turkey that sent its currency tumbling last week worsened, dampening investor sentiment around the world.
Oppenheimer downgraded its rating of Tiffany shares to "perform" from "outperform" on Friday.
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