Global stocks fell Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the U.S. escalated over nuclear policies. Russia expanded its nuclear doctrine to include retaliation for attacks on Belarus or Russian territory, following U.S. approval for Kyiv's use of American-made long-range missiles. Safe-haven assets rallied, with gold climbing nearly 1% and the Japanese yen rising against the euro and U.S. dollar. Oil prices remained weak, with Brent and WTI futures both declining. Analysts noted short-lived market reactions to similar geopolitical developments, emphasizing a cautious outlook.
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00:02Global stocks fell on Tuesday as tensions between Russia and the U.S. escalated over nuclear
00:07policies. Russia expanded its nuclear doctrine to include retaliations for attacks on Belarus
00:13or Russian territories following U.S. approval of Kyiv's use of American-made missiles inside
00:18Russia. Safe haven assets did rally with gold climbing nearly 1% and the Japanese yen rising
00:24against the euro and the U.S. dollar. Oil prices remained weak with Brent and WTI futures both
00:30declining. Analysts noted that the short-lived market reactions to similar geopolitical
00:35developments emphasizing a cautious outlook. For all things money visit benzinga.com slash gstv