Oil prices fell about 5 percent on Thursday, hitting their lowest level in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets.

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NEW YORK – Oil prices fell about 5 percent on Thursday, hitting their lowest level in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets.

NEW YORK – World equity markets continued a week-long slide on Thursday, one day after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it was set on its path to hike interest rates next year despite signs that global economic growth is stuttering.

LONDON – World stocks extended a steep sell-off on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government shutdown and further hikes in U.S. borrowing costs compounded investor anxieties over the trajectory of global economic growth.

First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC) had a rough trading day for Wednesday December 19 as shares tumbled 5.44%, or a loss of $-1.31 per share, to close at $22.77. After opening the day at $24.09, shares of First Financial Bancorp. traded as high as $24.21 and as low as $22.73. Volume was 799,662 shares over 6,845 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 97.91 million.

Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 19, as the stock lost 1.86% to close at $23.20. On the day, Weyerhaeuser Company saw 10.47 million shares trade hands on 54,180 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 5.17 million shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

B. Riley Financial Inc. (RILY) had a rough trading day for Wednesday December 19 as shares tumbled 5.1%, or a loss of $-0.81 per share, to close at $15.08. After opening the day at $15.88, shares of B. Riley Financial Inc. traded as high as $15.89 and as low as $15.01. Volume was 146,347 shares over 1,107 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 26.55 million.

Hecla Mining Company (HL) had a rough trading day for Wednesday December 19 as shares tumbled 7.09%, or a loss of $-0.18 per share, to close at $2.36. After opening the day at $2.56, shares of Hecla Mining Company traded as high as $2.62 and as low as $2.35. Volume was 7.06 million shares over 17,839 trades, against an average daily volume of 5.43 million shares and a total float of 480.2 million.

AAR Corp. (AIR) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 18 as shares jumped 6.59% to close at $42.36. About 383,549 shares traded hands on 4,590 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of 246,080 shares out of a total float of 35.04 million. After opening the trading day at $40.10, shares of AAR Corp. stayed within a range of $42.57 to $40.10.