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Russian stocks slide on second day of trade, led lower by Aeroflot
European shares struggle for direction as crisis in Ukraine deepens
Date: March 25, 2022
By Susan Mathew (Reuters) – European shares were flat on Friday and were set to end the week lower, as the escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict kept investors cautious heading into the weekend. Declines in financial and energy stocks countered gains in technology <.SX8P> and defensive sectors, leaving the pan-European STOXX 600 index 0.05% lower, in what...
Healthcare stocks boost FTSE 100, economy worries weigh on midcap stocks
Date: March 24, 2022
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 ended higher on Thursday, aided by healthcare and consumer staple stocks, although concerns about surging inflation and the fallout from the Ukraine crisis weighed on overall sentiment and dragged down the midcap index. The blue-chip FTSE index edged 0.1% higher, with AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline among the top gainers....
Wall Street pulls back on stocks, Treasury yields dip
Date: March 23, 2022
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Wall Street pushed stocks and Treasury yields down on Wednesday after both had powered higher earlier in the week as investors took in the strength of the economy and hawkish comments from U.S. policymakers. Two-year U.S. Treasury yields have risen sharply so far in March and were set for their biggest...
Why cryptocurrency utility is making it less alternative
Date: March 23, 2022
By Maxim Shilo, Head of Trading at CoinLoan It was not so long ago that cryptocurrencies were dismissed by those who saw themselves as informed and financially aware; relegating the whole concept as little more than a Millennial experiment being embraced by generation Z. This dismissive approach by those who think they know better would...
Oil jumps 5% as Caspian pipeline disruption adds to supply fears
Date: March 23, 2022
By Shadia Nasralla and David Gaffen LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped 5% to over $121 a barrel on Wednesday as a weather-related disruption to Russian and Kazakh crude exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline added to worries over tight global supplies. Brent crude futures were up $5.95, or 5.1%, at $121.43 a...
Foreigners banned from selling Russian stocks as market set for limited reopening
Date: March 23, 2022
(Reuters) -Russia plans to resume some stock trading on Thursday after a near month-long hiatus, with 33 rouble securities to be traded on the Moscow Exchange. Non-residents will have to wait, though – they will be barred from selling stocks and OFZ rouble bonds until April 1. Trading in blue chips, including state lenders Sberbank...