Global Equities Crash After Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global equity markets, all of which fell after Russian troops moved into Ukraine by land and sea. The Dow Jones index opened 800 points lower on Thursday amid fears that surging commodity prices would add more to inflationary pressures and slower economic growth. Dow Jones is now down by more than 10% since its all-time high close in early January and set to confirm the index is in a correction. The NASDAQ index fell by over 3% at the opening, but later erased some losses to trade down by 0.6% as of 10:23…