Aussie share market wipes more than $70 billion after Russia announces formal invasion

The Australian share market has misplaced greater than $70 billion in a single day's commerce after Russian President Vladimir Putin formally introduced an invasion of Ukraine.

On the shut of commerce the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was down 2.99 per cent or 215 factors to 6990.6 factors.

Over the previous 5 days, the native market has misplaced greater than 4 per cent of worth and the present 12-month common is down 3.14 per cent.

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On the shut of commerce the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was down 2.99 per cent or 215 factors to six,990.6 factors.(Google Finance)

In the meantime, the value of oil and gold proceed to blow up as traders flip to what are historically dubbed "secure haven" belongings.

Protected haven belongings are these traders consider will not be intimately linked to a specific nation's economic system.

Following Mr Putin's announcement, the value of gold rocketed up 2.59 per cent to US$1947.

That is a excessive not seen for the reason that center of 2021.

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The worth of gold has exploded previously two hours as traders rush to secure haven belongings.

Notorious cryptocurrency Bitcoin is continuous to droop.

Following Mr Putin's announcement, BTC plunged virtually 8 per cent to a value of US$34,922 per coin.

Gold is just not the one asset that's spiking following Russia's announcement.

The worth of Brent Crude oil jumped previous US$100 a barrel.

Brent Crude oil is called after the oilfield within the North Seas the place it's extracted.

It's used to set the value of roughly two-thirds of the world's traded oil provides and thus is usually used as a barometer for all different oil costs.

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This satellite tv for pc picture offered by Maxar Applied sciences is exhibiting elements of a army convoy transferring south in and round Golovchino in Russia, which is 16 kilometres north of the border with Ukraine.(AP)

Usually the upper the value of oil grows, the costlier gas turns into.

Abroad, the Moscow Inventory Alternate introduced it can droop all buying and selling in all markets.

"Moscow Alternate has suspended buying and selling on all of its markets till additional discover," the bourse stated in a brief assertion.

The MOEX has misplaced roughly 30 per cent of its complete worth previously week.

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