Stocks and oil gain as traders shrug off Trump's tariff news
Mihaela Chircă
PARIS :European stocks rose on Wednesday as traders seemed untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he would impose a 50 per cent tariff on imported copper and soon introduce levies of up to 200 per cent for pharmaceuticals. Trump's comments on Tuesday sent the price of copper soaring to record highs and caused Wall Street to close lower. But equity markets soon shrugged off the news. Asian stocks were mixed overnight and at 0956 GMT the MSCI World Equity Index was up 0.1
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