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Russia – Ukraine. Stock exchanges in the USA and Asia, crude oil and gold – quoted on February 25, 2022

Russia – Ukraine. Stock exchanges in the USA and Asia, crude oil and gold – quoted on February 25, 2022

On Friday, we notice increases in the major indices in Asia. The session on Wall Street ended with solid gains. Investors are following news from Ukraine, as well as announcements of sanctions against Russia. Oil and gold are becoming more expensive.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose at the close of Thursday’s session by 0.28 percent. Until 33,223.83 points, and earlier, the index lost nearly 850 points. The S&P 500 rose 1.50 percent at the end of the day. Its value was 4288.70 points. In turn, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 3.34 percent. And closed the session at 13473.59 points. During the day, the index fell as much as 3.5 percent.

The markets reacted all day to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the first hours of the outbreak of the war, the indicators recorded a strong decline, then their volume clearly decreased, and eventually the indicators rose to strong increases.

Investors welcomed the announcement of sanctions imposed by the United States, Britain and the European Union on Russia. They turned out to be much softer than feared, first of all there was no agreement among the leaders of the countries to exclude Russia from the Swift system.

Increases in Asian stock exchanges

Increases also prevail in Asian stock exchanges. On Friday morning Poland time, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.76%, China’s Shanghai Composite rose 0.65%, and in South Korea the Kospi rose 1.11%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng lost 0.25%, while the Sensex in India rose 2.81%.

Oil and gold are rising

On Friday morning, we also witnessed a rise in oil and gold prices. Either way, these are levels below Thursday’s highs.

A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery was $94.56 on the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Brent crude oil was traded on the London Stock Exchange for April delivery at $97.53 a barrel. Brent crude broke the $100 per barrel mark on Thursday.

On Friday morning, gold was priced at $1,916 an ounce, while on Thursday it was $1,633.

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