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A plunge in oil prices decimated the U.S. high-yield market, which is dominated by energy companies. The yield on Merrill's global high-yield index jumped to Lottery Sambad Online Result nearly 10 percent in February 2016 from under 6 percent the previous May.
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But with interest rates rising in the Lottery Sambad Online Result United States and Britain - albeit at the most glacial pace imaginable - that may also be about to level off.(Reporting by Jamie McGeever; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
