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Europe markets open up 0.6%; UK retail sales miss sends sterling lower
Europe markets open firmly in the green The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index was trading 0.7% higher at 8:20 a.m. London time. Germany’s DAX was up 0.52%, France’s CAC was 0.49% higher and Italy’s FTSE MIB was up 0.51%. All sectors were in the green, with tech stocks among the best performers, up 1.1%. — Katrina […]
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Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental missile in an attack for the first time in the war
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Yevgeny Balitsky, Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region (not pictured), amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 18, 2024. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | Via Reuters Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of […]
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European markets trade higher as traders assess simmering geopolitical tensions
Treasury yields rise as investors weigh geopolitical tensions, economic data U.S. Treasury yields were higher on Wednesday as investors considered the geopolitical situation and assessed the latest economic data. At 2:58 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was up by over four basis points to 4.4178%. The 2-year Treasury yield was last trading at 4.2932% after rising […]
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U.S. closes embassy in Kyiv over potential ‘air attack’ as tensions with Russia soar
KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 24: A view of the U.S. Embassy on January 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. According to media reports the embassy has ordered family members of embassy staff to leave the country and has also urged U.S. citizens in Ukraine to leave as well. Russia has amassed tens of thousands of soldiers […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Anticipation over Nvidia’s earnings overshadows geopolitical risks
Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Dhiraj Singh| Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to […]
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Bitcoin edges higher as tensions mount between Ukraine and Russia
Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images Bitcoin moved higher on Tuesday even as other risk assets sold off amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by less than 1% at $92,003.28, according to Coin Metrics, just below the all-time high of $93,469.08 reached last […]
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Russia says Ukraine attacked it using U.S.-made missiles, signals it’s ready for nuclear response
Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was given permission to attack Russian territory — and appeared to quickly act on that greenlight — using U.S.-made long-range missiles. Kyiv appeared to waste little time after reportedly being given the go-ahead by Washington Sunday to use U.S.-made ATACMS missiles […]
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Russia-U.S. tensions hit global markets as Putin lowers the threshold for a nuclear strike
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the Valdai Club on Nov. 7, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global stocks fell and investors fled to safe-haven assets on Tuesday, as global markets reacted to escalating tensions between the world’s two largest nuclear powers: Russia and […]
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Russia’s top brass look for U.S. reset as Putin keeps quiet — for now
Donald Trump (L) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrive to attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin has no immediate plans to congratulate Donald Trump, who emerged as president-elect in the […]
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The U.S. election is a make-or-break moment for aid to Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks as he meets with democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (not pictured), in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Tensions are likely running high in Kyiv ahead […]
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