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Market Pulse: All 11 sectors of S&P 500 sink Thursday as fear of military clash between Russia and Ukraine builds

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All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 index were trading in negative territory Thursday morning, led by a sharp slide in financials
SP500.40,
-1.94%

and technology
SP500.45,
-1.99%
.

Even the energy sector
SP500.10,
-0.59%
,
which has been buoyant, amid the rising belligerence between Russia and Ukraine were trading lower, were under pressure, down 0.4%.

Financials were down 1.8% and tech was off by nearly 2%. Consumer staples
SP500.30,
-0.05%

were attempting to punch into positive territory but were off less than 0.1%, at last check Thursday morning.

President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday morning that a Russian invasion could happen in the next “several days.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to speak about “Russia’s threat to peace and security” at a United Nations Security Council meeting at 10 a.m. Eastern time, the State Department announced.

The S&P 500 index
SPX,
-1.38%

was trading 1.2% lower at 4,421, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-1.37%

was down 1.2% at 34,527, and the Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
-1.55%

also was off 1.2%.

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