Stocks scale records, oil dips, as investors hail easing of Mideast tensions
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude prices slid and equity markets around the world set new highs on Thursday as investors took on greater risk in a relief rally after the United States and Iran moved to defuse escalating tensions in the Middle East.Gold prices retreated further from a near seven-year peak scaled immediately after Iran's retaliatory missile strike on military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq early Wednesday, while the safe-haven yen fell to more than a one-week low against the..