The Ukraine –Russian crisis has seen investors - globally and in India - adopt a risk-off approach and looked for every possible strategy to minimise losses amid choppy markets. Among key commodities, Brent crude oil (dated Brent) touched $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 on growing war concerns, which also stoked inflation fears back home and drove down markets.
The escalating anxiety distressed the stock market globally. While Dow Jones corrected 4 per cent, Nasdaq dropped 5 per cent in February. Back home, the frontline indices - the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 - have gained
The escalating anxiety distressed the stock market globally. While Dow Jones corrected 4 per cent, Nasdaq dropped 5 per cent in February. Back home, the frontline indices - the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 - have gained