Losses accelerate as health authorities declare outbreak a pandemic, bringing US stock market to brink of ending one of its greatest-ever runs

Virus threatens oil-rich Middle Eastern economies as global travel and transportation industries slump amid virus fears; TASE continues to fall, dropping 2.47%

Global financial markets rocked as virus outbreak shuts down industrial centers, empties shops, slashes travel worldwide; US investors look to Federal Reserve for succor

Equities rally and oil steadies as Washington and Tehran appear to back down from march to war in the wake of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

In previous flare-ups with the US, Iran has threatened the supply of oil that travels from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world

Sale of stake in kingdom's national oil company makes it the most valuable firm in the world, but comes up short of $2 trillion valuation hoped for by crown prince

Company founded by Israeli expat Adam Neumann provides finance details to investors as it prepares to be traded publicly

Shares mostly fall Friday as investors fret over mounting crisis in the Middle East and lingering worries about trade conflict between the US and China