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  "id": 3129843,
  "title": "Shares dip as tech stocks face pressure, yields and oil fall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/shares-dip-as-tech-stocks-face-pressure-yields-and-oil-fall",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T22:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/08/25/shares-dip-as-tech-stocks-face-pressure-yields-and-oil-fall"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. Treasury yields slid on Monday as reports emerged of the department potentially using its cash reserves to finance debt buybacks. This development weighed on MSCI's global equities gauge. In a separate but related event, tech stocks suffered, with the sector responsible for the majority of the losses among the benchmark's three declining sectors. The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average all experienced declines, while the Canadian dollar dropped due to growing concerns over a potential US trade war. Meanwhile, oil prices tumbled more than $2 per barrel as market participants ignored the expanded secondary sanctions announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.",
  "summary": "Oil prices lost more than US$2 a barrel as traders shrugged off expanded US secondary sanctions targeting Iran’s business partners.",
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        "title": "Shares dip as tech stocks face pressure, yields and oil fall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/shares-dip-as-tech-stocks-face-pressure-yields-and-oil-fall-3130944",
        "published": "2026-08-24T22:13:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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