ASX and oil prices slip as Trump claims Iran war will end soon | ABC NEWS

US President Donald Trump says the Iran war "should be ending pretty soon" – remarks which led to oil prices dropping further and Wall Street hitting another record high. The local share market finished trading slightly lower, while the Australian dollar climbed to a 35-year high against the Japanese yen, as finance presenter David Chau explains.

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