Escalating tension in Ukraine presses Wall Street – Economic

Escalating tension in Ukraine presses Wall Street – Economic

Mariana Adam

mariana.adam@economico.pt

Aug 15 2014

As occurred in Europe, which closed immersed in a red tide, Wall Street was down by the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

The escalating tension in Ukraine reversed the gains that marked the opening on Wall Street and pressed the North American markets in the last session of the week

The most cross-share index, the S & amp;. P 500, closed the in line water fall 0, 01% since the industrial Dow Jones today yielded 0.30%, while the Nasdaq technology, which rose 0.27% each light.

“The market was

now drifting because it seemed that the crisis in Ukraine had calmed, but today everything has changed, “said Walter Todd, director of investments at Greenwood Capital Associate referring to the fact that Ukraine has admitted that his army partly destroyed a Russian military column that entered the east of the country. The expert adds that this move shows the “time sensitive markets at this time.”

In business terms, the highlight was today for the Monster Energy shares soared more than 30% after Coca-Cola have announced that it will acquire 16.7% of the group of energy drinks for about 2.15 billion dollars.