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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said ”the situation in the south and the Donbas region remained extremely difficult and reiterated that Russia was building up forces near the besieged city of Mariupol.”“There will be battles ahead. We still need to go down a very difficult path to get everything …

US equities are recording losses in the North American session as Wall Street is about to finish March on a lower note. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite are falling between 0.30% and 0.43%, each one sitting at 4,576.32, 35075.94, and 15,014.01 respectivelyObviously, a …

Global stocks fell on Thursday as recession concerns and the Russian-Ukranian war curbed demand for risky assets, while oil prices plunged over $5 on news that the United States may release some of its emergency oil reserves.With Thursday’s drop, US and European stocks are set for their worst quarterly performance …

Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Thursday, posting its worst quarterly performance in two years. The Nikkei closed down 0.73 percent to 27,821.43 points. The broader Topix index fell 1.08 percent to 1,946.40 points. On a quarterly basis, the Nikkei lost 3.37 percent, its biggest decline since the quarter ending in …

US equities are modestly lower across the board on Wednesday, as investors take profit following the recent impressive run higher. Waning Russo-Ukraine optimism, robust US data that solidified Fed tightening expectations and yield curve inversions were all cited as worries.The S&P 500 currently trades just above 4600 and on course …

US stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P notching their fourth straight session of gains, on optimism some progress was being made toward a deal to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.Russia pledged to cut down on military operations around Kyiv and in northern Ukraine, while Ukraine …

Wally Adeyemo, the US Deputy Treasury Secretary, said firms could “choose to help Russia” in its invasion of Ukraine or “continue to do business with the 30 countries” that have imposed sanctions.He said Ukraine’s allies were committed to issuing more sanctions. He also warned Russian oligarchs “we’re going to come …

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it would scale down military activity in Kyiv and Chernihiv in order to create conditions for dialogue, reported Reuters, correcting an earlier headline where they had claimed that Russia said it would “stop” military activity in the area. The Russian Defense Ministry …

Japan will ban the export of luxury goods to Russia from April 5, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a statement on Tuesday, March 29, in its latest move in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The banned items include luxury items such as cars, motorcycles, …

Japanese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of US stocks that rose on Monday night, with auto and shipping stocks leading the gains and the market-leading with dividend claims. The Nikkei index rose 1.1 percent to 28,252.42 points. The broader Topix index rose 0.93 percent to 191.66 …