Dow set to tumble, oil spikes during Russia-Ukraine war

Dow futures have been down greater than 400 factors earlier than the opening bell on Wall Avenue on Monday.
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Dow futures have been down greater than 400 factors in pre-market buying and selling on Monday whereas world crude blew previous $100 a barrel as buyers grappled with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The markets reacted to bleak developments in Japanese Europe, the place Russian President Vladimir Putin put his nuclear-armed forces on alert whereas diplomats launched peace talks in Belarus.

S&P 500 futures have been down greater than 50 factors whereas Nasdaq futures fell by greater than 150 factors earlier than the opening bell on Wall Avenue.

In Russia, the economic system is reeling after america and the European Union imposed sanctions on Moscow’s central financial institution in addition to the nation’s finance sector.

Russia’s forex, the ruble, fell round 30% in opposition to the US greenback on Monday, a results of the Western alliance’s resolution to chop main Russian lender off from the SWIFT worldwide messaging system.

Markets reacted to the escalating disaster in Japanese Europe, the place Russian troops have invaded Ukraine.

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The state of affairs is so dire that the Russian central financial institution prevented the inventory market from opening in Moscow.

The US Treasury Division introduced new sanctions that may immobilize any belongings of the Russian central financial institution in america or held by People.

The Biden administration estimated that the transfer may affect “tons of of billions of dollars” of Russian funding.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s resolution to launch an offensive in opposition to Ukraine prompted the West to impose sanctions on Moscow.

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Abroad, the most important indices took substantial losses. The FTSE in London dropped by 1% whereas the German DAX 30 fell 2%. France’s CAC 40 was additionally down round 2%.

In Asia, outcomes have been blended as Hong Kong’s Dangle Seng misplaced some 1.6% earlier than ending the day down 0.2%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 ended up 0.2% after being down many of the day. The Korean Kospi additionally ended up 0.8%.

The Shanghai Composite in China ended up 0.3%.