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Oil extends losses as Trump flags Venezuela shipments, stocks wobble

An Oil refinery is seen from Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on March 19, 2025. [AFP]

Oil extended losses Wednesday after Donald Trump said Venezuela would turn over millions of barrels to the United States, while equities wobbled after a record-breaking start to the year.

Crude has seen wild swings since the US president ordered the toppling Saturday of Nicolas Maduro, his counterpart in Caracas, and said Washington would run the country while demanding "total access" to its key resource.

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