U.S. markets posted gains Thursday in spite of the gross domestic product indicating the U.S. economy shrank in the third quarter.The GDP fell 0.3 percent July through September, the government said. U.S. jobless claims, however, were unchanged in the week.In Russia, the RTS gained 17.81 percent, while the MICEX stock exchange gained 19.46 percent with surges in state-run banks VTB and Sberbank. …

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