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Oil prices jump and Asian shares slip as US and Iran carry out airstrikes

Oil prices have jumped and Asian shares are mostly lower after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The prices of Brent crude and U.S. benchmark crude were up about 4% early Monday. South Korea’s Kospi sank 5.6%. On Friday, U.S. stocks rose as Wall Street showed its appetite is st…