Live Russia-Ukraine war market updates, gold, currencies, oil wild swings
|Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his nuclear deterrence teams to upgrade their readiness – and that is only one of the worrying developments that have caused markets to convulse once again. That comes amid fierce fighting on the ground.
The West has stepped up its efforts to cripple the Russian economy by freezing assets of its central bank, disconnecting several Russian commercial banks from the SWIFT payments system, and slapping sanctions on individuals.
The safe-haven dollar and gold are up while stocks are down and the Russian ruble is in rubles. However, markets are never a one-way street and volatility has been rising. Follow all the updates and their impact on the market with our experts' live coverage:
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