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what is the magnetic effect of placing two wires with equal but oppositely directed currents close together or twisted about each other?

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This reduces the radiated magnetic field and the inductance of the pair of conductors. It also reduces the pickup of electronic noise in the pair of wires (providing a type of shielding).

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