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European stocks sell off as Hormuz fears return

On May 12, the pan-European STOXX 600 fell 1.1% to 606 and the eurozone STOXX 50 dropped 1.4% to 5,815. The U.K. FTSE 100 diverged, rising 0.36% to 10,269.43.

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