Oil retreated near the lowest level since 2009 and European equities pared an annual gain as trading wound down at the end of a year dominated by rising U.S. interest rates, slumping raw materials prices and Chinese stock-market volatility.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index turned negative for t
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