Oil, grains rise; aluminium at record high, nickel up on Russian supply worries, fears of food inflation as wheat, corn, edible oil prices rally
Brent crude rose $4.16, or 4.3%, to $102.09, at 0915 after hitting a high of $105.07 a barrel in early trade
Companies with Russian assets under pressure; some Russian banks shut out from SWIFT; EU, Canada, Britain shut airspace to Russia
Ukraine's embattled leader, meanwhile, agreed to talks with Moscow, and Western nations planned to send arms and other supplies to the country's defenders
Spot gold climbed 1.1% to $1,909.16 per ounce, rising about 6% so far this month in what would be its best monthly gain since May 2021
Ukraine is suffering from dangerously low medical oxygen supplies due to the ongoing invasion by Russian forces, and may run out of it within 24 hours, warns the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Indian embassy in Ukraine advised all Indian students stranded in Kyiv to reach the railway station in the Ukrainian capital for their onward journey to the western parts of the war-torn country
Amid the growing tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, held a meeting with G7 Foreign Ministers to discuss new painful sanctions to stop Putin's war
Indian Embassy in Kyiv has released a second advisory for all the Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine and advised them not to venture out as intense fighting in Kharkiv, Sumy and Kyiv continues.
Russian delegation's deadline for Kyiv's response on peaace talks in Belarus has ended
IAEA has called on all parties to refrain from any actions that could threaten the safety and security of nuclear power plants in Ukraine amid an intensified Russian military offensive in capital Kyiv
Germany will supply Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 anti-aircraft Stinger missiles in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Kyiv.
Dragging suitcases and carrying children, tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders as invading Russian troops pressed on with their march toward Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.
India on Friday abstained from voting on the US-sponsored resolution that sought to deplore in the "strongest terms" Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine
The couple made a reference to a royal visit to the country in October 2020 to express their backing for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and the people of the country
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Kyiv had refused to conduct negotiations, after the two sides failed to reach agreement on a format or a location for any talks
President Zelenskyy briefed the Prime Minister in detail about the ongoing conflict situation in Ukraine due to Russia's military operations
According to the state department, the recent authorization of assistance brings the total security assistance the "United States has committed to Ukraine over the past year to more than $1 billion"
Zelenskyy has been making desperate appeals for help as Russian forces intensified their offensive in Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other areas
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital is imposing an intensified curfew as Russian troops press on the city