Oil

Oil Plummets to $29, Dragging World Stocks Lower

Oil prices plummeted to $29 a barrel Friday on the likely resumption soon of Iranian oil exports into an already flooded market as international sanctions against Iran are lifted, dragging equity indices around the world sharply lower.

Oil Rebounds After Eight-Day Rout

U.S. crude prices rose more than 1%, but remained near 12-year lows on the prospect of Iran unleashing its oil on an oversupplied market.