HONG KONG: Energy firms led a rally in Asian and European stock markets on Thursday, while high-yielding currencies advanced after OPEC’s shock agreement to cut oil output sent crude prices soaring.

The gains come after OPEC’s “historic” announcement late Wednesday of a deal—the first of its kind in eight years—lit a fire under petroleum-linked shares in New York.

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