(ZH)After a dismal day for risk which saw the S&P close down more than 2% and the Nasdaq tumble as much as 3% amid sharply heightened tensions in Ukraine where we got he-shot/she-shot reports of shelling in the Donbas regions and escalate diplomatic animosity to a fever pitch, moments ago futures jumped after State Dept. spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement that Russia responded to a U.S. offer for meeting between Blinken and Lavrov in Europe with proposed dates for late next week, and the U.S. has accepted “provided there is no further Russian invasion of Ukraine,”
GRA:Seeing this back and forth diplomacy is like watching Boris Spassky play chess against Charles Barkley.
FUTURES UP AFTER RUSSIA/US "MEETING" IS AGREED TO
ReplyDelete(ZH)After a dismal day for risk which saw the S&P close down more than 2% and the Nasdaq tumble as much as 3% amid sharply heightened tensions in Ukraine where we got he-shot/she-shot reports of shelling in the Donbas regions and escalate diplomatic animosity to a fever pitch, moments ago futures jumped after State Dept. spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement that Russia responded to a U.S. offer for meeting between Blinken and Lavrov in Europe with proposed dates for late next week, and the U.S. has accepted “provided there is no further Russian invasion of Ukraine,”
GRA:Seeing this back and forth diplomacy is like watching Boris Spassky play chess against Charles Barkley.
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