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Oil edges down, stocks mixed but Mideast war fears elevated

A woman walks past an electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on June 17, 2025. [AFP]

Oil prices slipped Wednesday following the previous day's surge, but investors remained on edge, fearing a US intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict after Donald Trump called for Tehran's "unconditional surrender".

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