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DOW FUTURES SINK ABOUT 500 POINTS AS PUTIN ORDERS TROOPS TO EASTERN UKRAINE





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DOW FUTURES SINK ABOUT 500 POINTS AS PUTIN ORDERS DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS TO
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Last Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 10:09 p.m. ET First Published: Feb. 21, 2022 at
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MARK DECAMBRE

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AN UKRAINIAN POLICE OFFICER SEEN OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
IN KYEV, UKRAINE, ON MONDAY.

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U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian
President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas
within Ukraine, after recognizing their independence, a move that some fear puts
Ukraine and Russia one step closer to military conflict.

Markets in the U.S. were closed in observance of Presidents Day and trade on
Tuesday will provide the first opportunity for investors to react to
developments in Eastern Europe.

HOW ARE STOCK-INDEX FUTURES PERFORMING?

 * Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.56% YMH22, -1.56% were trading
   512 points, or 1.5%, lower to reach around 33,500.
 * Futures for the S&P 500 index ES00, -1.81% ESH22, -1.80% were trading 74.25
   points, or 1.7%, lower at about 4,269.
 * Those for the Nasdaq-100 NQ00, -2.45% NQH22, -2.47% were sinking by roughly
   326 points, or 2.3%, to reach around 13,669.

On Friday, the Dow DJIA, -0.68% dropped 232.85 points, or 0.7%, to close at
34,079.18; the S&P 500 SPX, -0.72%  fell 31.39 points, or 0.7%, to end at
4,348.87; and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.23%  declined 168.65 points, or
1.2%, to finish at 13,548.07. A so-called death cross crystallized in the
Nasdaq, a bearish chart pattern.


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For the week, the Dow booked a 1.9% slump, the S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Nasdaq
Composite ended down 1.8%, marking the second consecutive week of declines.

WHAT’S DRIVING THE MARKET?

Markets were set for big losses on Tuesday as Putin ordered forces Monday to
“maintain peace” in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. The announcement
raised fears, which have kept investors skittish, that an invasion was about to
materialize.

The White House said President Joe Biden will issue an executive order that
“will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons’’ in those
areas.



Meanwhile, officials from the European Union referred to Putin’s latest moves,
including the recognition of the independence of the Russian separatist Donetsk
and Luhansk regions’ independence, as “a blatant violation of international
law.”

Read: What a Russian invasion of Ukraine would mean for markets as Putin orders
troops to separatist regions

Markets have been unsettled at least partly due to concerns of a Russian
annexation of Ukraine, which could lead to greater global tensions. Crude-oil
futures and those for natural gas NG00, +7.85% have been mostly buoyed by
invasion fears, though gains last week were muted for West Texas Intermediate
crude CL.1, +3.22% CL00, 2.80% traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the
U.S. benchmark contract.

Read more: Oil rises and natural gas surges 8% as Russia orders troops to
Ukraine

Also: Gold rallies to highs not seen in more than a year as Russia’s Putin
orders forces to breakaway regions in Ukraine


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UKRAINE INVASION APPEARS IMMINENT AS PUTIN ORDERS RUSSIAN FORCES TO ‘MAINTAIN
PEACE’ IN SEPARATIST REGIONS

DOW FUTURES SINK ABOUT 500 POINTS AS PUTIN ORDERS DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS TO
EASTERN UKRAINE

WHAT A RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE WOULD MEAN FOR MARKETS AS PUTIN ORDERS TROOPS
TO SEPARATIST REGIONS

INTEREST RATES ARE SET TO RISE. HERE ARE 3 EQUITY SECTORS TO CONSIDER

OIL RISES AND NATURAL GAS SURGES 8% AS RUSSIA ORDERS TROOPS TO UKRAINE


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark DeCambre


Mark DeCambre is MarketWatch's markets editor. He is based in New York. Follow
him on Twitter @mdecambre.

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