Market value of Australian stocks down $260b since Middle East war | Finance Report | ABC NEWS

Worries about a prolonged Middle East war, higher inflation, and interest rate hikes have erased about $260 billion from the Australian share market in the past three weeks. Amid these concerns, the Trump administration will consider easing sanctions on stranded Iranian oil in a desperate bid to keep prices down, as finance presenter David Chau explains.

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