Stock market volatility caused by geopolitical tensions, uncertainty over interest rates and structural issues in developing markets affected performance of the stock markets in 2015.

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Below are the top 30 stories on our platform for 2015. We’ve picked these ones from among the financial stories that managed a CityFALCON Score of more than 50%.

China stock market crash: £74bn wiped off FTSE 100 – live updates 24 August 2015 The Guardian Hundreds of billions wiped off world’s financial markets today, as Chinese rout sends shares tumbling in Europe, Asia and the US. 96%

Why Sensex Crashed 900 Points, its Biggest Fall in Over 5 Years 6 January 2015 NDTV The BSE Sensex crashed 905 points in intraday trade on Tuesday, tracking a sharp selloff across global markets. The Sensex ended 855 points lower at 26,987, its biggest one-day point fall since July 6, 2009. 95%

Russia’s rouble crisis poses threat to nine countries relying on remittances 18 January 2015 The Guardian Drop in rouble value not only decimating amount sent home by workers from Caucasus and central Asia, but could lead to political unrest. 95%

Cheer up Iron Man: Tesla top 2015 Wall Street pick 4 January 2015 CNBC Elon Musk has lost more than $1 billion on his Tesla holdings alone in the last month, but he may be a lot happier next year, if analysts are right. 90%

Oil, copper and other commodities collapse to crisis levels 9 December 2015 CNNMoney Prices for raw materials like crude oil and copper have tumbled to crisis levels. 83%

The tweets that made Twitter stock crash 29 April 2015 MarketWatch Selerity Corp. does it again, by finding and tweeting about Twitter Inc.’s earnings report at least an hour before it was scheduled to be released. 70%

GoPro is building a media empire 14 February 2015 MarketWatch GoPro says it will partner with more companies to stream its content online over the next two years. 65%

Winners and losers from the plunge in oil prices – Agenda 2 March 2015 WEF Different regions of the world will see different effects from lower petroleum prices, writes Nariman Behravesh. 65%

How Much Worse Can It Get for Greece? 30 June 2015 BloombergTV Bloomberg’s Michael McKee updates the latest news on the Greek crisis. He reports on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg) 64%

Tesla $1,900? 12 March 2015 MarketWatch There’s optimistic. There’s wildly bullish. And then there’s how Morgan Stanley apparently feels about Tesla Motors. 64%

GM readies electric rival to Tesla 13 January 2015 MarketWatch General Motors plans to launch a $30,000 electric vehicle called the Chevrolet Bolt that would be capable of driving 200 miles on a charge by 2017, The Wall Street Journal reports. 60%

It just keeps getting worse for gold 02 December 2015 Yahoo Finance From Yahoo Finance: November is shaping up to be a terrible month for gold, with the yellow metal having its worst month in 2 ½ years. 60%

BlackBerry denies Samsung deal talks; shares down 15% 14 January 2015 MarketWatch BlackBerry Ltd. BBRY said in a statement late Wednesday that it “has not engaged in discussions with Samsung [Electronics] with respect to any possible offer to purchase BlackBerry.” 57%

Dell to buy EMC in $67 billion deal 12 October 2015 Yahoo Finance The offer is $33.15 per share in cash and special stock, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday. 55%

Deutsche Bank reaches settlement over sanctions violations 04 November 2015 Financial Times Deutsche Bank has reached a $258m settlement with US authorities over allegations that it breached sanctions aimed at countries including Iran, Libya Syria, and Sudan. 55%

Carl Icahn raises Cheniere Stake to 13.8% from 12.7%: DJ 7 December 2015 CNBC Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in struggling Cheniere Energy to 13.8 percent, Dow Jones reported Monday. 55%

Apple is investigating screen technology 15 December 2015 Business Insider The company is investigating how to make the iPhone and iPad’s screens better by open a facility in Taiwan and poaching Qualcomm employees. 55%

Dupont and Dow Chemical to Merge in All-Stock Deal 11 December 2015 The Street Dupont and Dow Chemical will merge to become a company of equals. 54%

Nasdaq closes above 5,000 for first time in 15 years 2 March 2015 Fortune Magazine The tech-heavy index is at its highest point since just before the dot-com bust. 53%

Can this Goldman Sachs alum save Twitter? 7 May 2015 MarketWatch As Twitter’s stock continues to spiral following its earnings report, CFO Anthony Noto is grabbing more power. 53%

Yahoo Wins Rights to NFL’s First Streaming-Only Game 4 June 2015 WSJ The rights to the NFL’s first streaming-only broadcast of a football game are going to Yahoo, as the Internet portal makes one of its biggest bets on live content to lure more advertising dollars. 53%

UK Treasury chief announces plans to sell RBS bank shares 10 June 2015 Yahoo Finance The UK’s Treasury chief announced Wednesday that the government will start selling its stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland in coming months. 53%

BMW Shares Fall on Emissions Concerns 24 September 2015 WSJ BMW shares have fallen sharply after magazine Auto Bild reported one of the German car maker’s model’s emissions on the street were much higher than allowed in Europe under standardized testing conditions. 53%

Taking a pounding 15 October 2015 The Economist WHEN did Britain cease to be the world’s pre-eminent power? Some date its dotage to the end of the first world war; others to the second. 53%

Morgan Stanley quarterly profit drops 42 percent, shares plunge 19 October 2015 Reuters Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley (MS.N) reported a quarterly profit that fell far short of market expectations, capping a generally downbeat quarter for big U.S. banks after investors fled the bond, currency and commodity markets. 53%

Chipotle shares dive 7% on new E. coli details 4 December 2015 CNNMoney Chipotle shares dropped after sales were projected to be down because of the recent E. coli outbreak. 53%

Reported ‘Bitcoin founder’ Craig Wright’s home raided by Australian police 9 December 2015 The Guardian Exclusive: Police search home belonging to Australian entrepreneur and academic, who tech publications claim was key to creation of cryptocurrency and could be figure known as Satoshi Nakamoto. 53%