Global stocks hold gains amid oil price jitters
(AFP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.cps.orz82.060109134530.photo00.photo.default-360x512.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=skkMMU30pxiFwB4VDluk.w--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Women in Kimono, smile as they join the ceremony to start the first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange after the new year holidays in Tokyo. Global stock markets have held onto New Year optimism even as the euro suffered fresh losses amid signs of Europe's deepening recession and a looming energy standoff with Russia drove up oil prices.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/bs_afp/financeeconomyworld)AFP - Global stock markets held onto New Year optimism Tuesday even as the euro suffered fresh losses amid signs of Europe's deepening recession and a looming energy standoff with Russia drove up oil prices.</p><br clear="all"/>
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