Transport stocks jump on crude price plunge

Share prices of local airlines and shipping companies took flight in heavy trading Friday morning on the back of a plunge in international crude oil prices overnight after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that it will leave oil production levels unchanged, dealers said.

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