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Stockmarkets took a breather after several days of sizeable gains, while commodities were set on edge by the lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations
Oil prices climbed 8% on Thursday, extending a series of wild daily swings, as the market rebounded from several days of losses with a renewed focus on supply shortages
The US dollar fell on Thursday and hit its lowest in a week as investors digested the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook
Wall Street stocks rebounded from early session losses on Thursday as investors weighed economic implications of the Federal Reserve's surprisingly aggressive interest rate stance
"It will not work - Russia has the might to put all of our brash enemies in their place," Medvedev said
He described a new wall "in the middle of Europe between freedom and unfreedom"
The news comes about a week after Toyota said it would scale back domestic production by up to 20 per cent during the months of April, May and June
The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against six trading currencies, was down 0.5% at 97.997 and hit its lowest in a week
The oil market largely shrugged off a decision by the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday to raise interest rates by one-quarter of a percentage point, as anticipated.
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The dollar and Treasury yields eased a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point, with investors having priced in an even stronger rate hike
Benchmark Brent crude futures gained $7.47, or 7.6%, to $105.49 a barrel by 1427 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up $6.85, or 7.2%, to $101.89 a barrel.
Analysts have also said investors in safe-haven gold will continue to closely track political and economic risks posed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has entered its fourth week
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The RBI also said that a rapid and large withdrawal of fiscal support risks pushing the economy over the cliff into a sharp downturn
The supply loss would be far greater than an expected drop in demand of one million bpd triggered by higher fuel prices, the IEA said in a report on Wednesday
The BoE said inflation was set to reach around 8% in April -almost a percentage point higher than it forecast last month - and warned it could peak even higher later in the year
Accenture forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, but it excluded the impact of the war
Consumers should be particularly wary of promised fast or high returns, especially those that look too good to be true, the EU's securities, banking and insurance watchdogs said in a joint statement
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