В среду, global markets have been volatile as Ukraine officials declared a state of emergency amid fears of a Russian invasion. Уолл-Стрит’s top indexes shuddered during the day’торговые сессии, and cryptocurrency markets slipped more than 4% during the 24 часовой период. С другой стороны, the price of gold has jumped 1.47% в течение последних четырех дней, surging to $1,925 per ounce.
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Global Investors Are Concerned About the relations Between Russia and Ukraine, Wall Street Continues to See Sell-Offs
While the globe grows tense over the ongoing issues between Russia and Ukraine, stock markets on Wednesday continued to bleed out more money. According to the U.S. State Department, Russia is not backing down and Ukraine officials have заявил a state of emergency.
Speaking to the press, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby сказал the Russian military is ready to advance. “Russian forces continue to assemble closer to the border and put themselves in an advanced stage of readiness to act and to conduct military action in Ukraine at virtually any time now,” Kirby explained.
Investors worldwide are concerned about the global economy, soft fiat currencies and geopolitical tensions. “If anything, Putin is digging his heels in despite the increased sanctions,” Michael James, the managing director of the investment firm Wedbush Securities сказал the press on Wednesday. The Wedbush executive added:
Что’s really adding to elevated nervousness about further aggressive actions and what that will mean for commodities and inflation overall.
Уолл-Стрит’s top indexes have shed significant losses amid the uncertainty between Russia and Ukraine. Standard and Poor’с 500 (С&п 500) has dropped to the lowest levels in eight months. Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to see sell-offs as well on Wednesday afternoon (ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ).
Nasdaq ended the day at -344, NYSE slipped by -196, the Dow dropped -464, and the S&п 500 slipped to -79 by the closing bell. Equities stemming from the information technology (IT) sector slipped 2.6% during the day.
Crypto Economy Flounders, Investors Find Solace in Gold as the Precious Metal’s Value Soars Higher
By Wednesday evening (ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ), after some brief volatility during the day, в 12,798 digital coins within the криптоэкономика dropped 4.7% против США. доллар. The crypto economy slipped to $1.71 trillion with $78 billion in global trade volume, and stablecoins currently capturing $50 миллиард of the current trade volume.
Пока биткойн (BTC) tapped a high of $39,231.52 per unit on Wednesday, по 10:00 вечера. (ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ), the leading crypto token exchanged hands below $36K per unit. Ethereum (ETH) captured a high of $2,752 per unit on Wednesday, but slipped under $2,500 в 10:00 вечера. as well.
While equities and crypto markets have slid, the price of the precious metal gold continues to soar. During the 10:00 вечера. trading session on Wednesday evening, в price of gold per ounce exchanged hands for $1,925 a unit.
Четыре дня назад, gold was swapping 1.47% lower for $1,897 an ounce. Two days ago in Japan, the price of the precious metal jumped to its highest level ever and experts believe the rise was due to “geopolitical risk and worries over a weakening yen.”
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