The dollar index advanced to 100 for the first time in nearly two years. It rose as high as 100.19, its highest since May 2020.
Ukrainian leaders called on Thursday for the democratic world to stop buying Russian oil and gas, and cut Russian banks entirely from the international financial system.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock indexes mostly rose on Thursday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares, while the U.S. dollar climbed to its highest in nearly two years and the U.S. Treasury 10-year yield touched a three-year high following hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says more government regulation is needed to police the proliferation of cryptocurrency and other digital assets and to ward off fraudulent and illicit transactions.
Bond yields slipped from multi-year highs on Thursday, offering some respite to equities after US Fed minutes released previous day reinforced the rate-hike momentum already priced into markets
Global share prices eased and US Treasury yields hit multi-year highs on Wednesday as investors bet that US Fed will couple shrinking of its balance sheet next month with a big interest hike
Gold held steady on Tuesday as safe-haven demand spurred by the possibility of new sanctions on Russia countered a rise in US Treasury yields and expectations of interest rate hikes by Federal Reserve
A rally in the stock market tends to raise bond yields as money moves from the relative safer investment bet to riskier equity stock markets
The Nasdaq fell about 0.16% as technology and healthcare stocks pulled back, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 edged up about 0.5%
Investors are concerned about wild price swings in the commodities markets due to the Ukraine crisis and sanctions on Russia.
Asian shares fell on Thursday, while the sell-off in U.S. Treasuries paused and oil prices rose, as investors and traders weighed the latest developments in the Ukraine war
Wall Street pushed stocks and Treasury yields down after both had powered higher earlier in the week as investors took in the strength of the economy and hawkish comments from US policymakers
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was set to meet with US lawmakers Wednesday to discuss a possible freeze on Russian reserves of gold.
Oil prices fell and European stocks rose on Monday as investors weighed positive comments from ceasefire talks between Russia-Ukraine, while US Treasury yields hit two-and-a-half year highs
Treasury has previously designated eleven members of the Russian Security Council and will continue to impose costs on the ruling elite as Russia prosecutes this brutal war of choice: Statement
Janet Yellen is due to participate virtually in the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday and Friday
The recent guidance by the US on transaction reporting by crypto companies is shining some light on staking - one of the least understood but hottest corners of the digital-asset world.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1% at $1,827.20 per ounce as of 0957 GMT, trading in a narrow $5 range. U.S. gold futures GCv1 were steady at $1,828.40
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1% at $1,826.76 per ounce, as of 0725 GMT, holding near previous session's high of $1,828.68, the strongest level since Jan. 26
The dollar dipped on Thursday as this week's rally in U.S. Treasury yields paused, and commodity-linked currencies such as the Canadian and Australian dollars gained amid rises in commodity prices