Tokyo - Japan's trade surplus shrank 7.6 per cent in May to 365.6 billion yen (3.39 billion dollars) from a year before, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

Hanoi - Vietnam's stock market had a rare good day Monday after preliminary figures released by the government showed inflation slowing and the trade deficit shrinking in June.

Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Expo

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