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Stocks and oil prices go down, the US dollar goes up

Shares and oil prices on global stock exchanges fell Monday, but ASV The dollar rose following the release of US employment data, which showed a slight slowdown in the pace of job creation, which, however, does not rule out aggressive interest rate hikes in the future.

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This week, the latest US consumer price index data is expected to be released, which will update the inflation measure.

“If inflation remains stubbornly high, it will threaten to shake markets and support the US dollar,” Convera analyst Joe Manimbo said in a note to clients.

Analysts believe that the rise in the value of the US dollar on Monday also reflects the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which favors the choice of the dollar as a safe investment.

The US stock index “Dow Jones Industrial Average” fell 0.3% to 29,202.88 points on Monday, the “Standard & Poor’s 500” index fell 0.8% to 3,612.39 points and the index “Nasdaq Composite “decreased by 1.0% to 10,542.10 points.

London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.5% to 6,959.31 on Monday, that of Frankfurt DAX 30 dropped less than 0.1% to 12,272.94 points, but Paris the CAC 40 stock market index decreased by 0.5% to 5840.55 points.

WTI crude oil fell 1.6% to $ 91.13 a barrel in e-commerce on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The price of “Brent” crude on the London Stock Exchange fell 1.8% to $ 96.19 a barrel.

The euro fell from $ 0.9745 to $ 0.9708 per euro on Monday, the British pound fell from $ 1.1086 to $ 1.1059 per pound, and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen from 145.25 to 145.72 yen per dollar. The euro fell against the British pound from 87.90 to 87.76 pence per euro.

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