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    Stocks surge to new highs as Ukraine fears ease

    Stocks surge to new highs as Ukraine fears ease

    European and Asian markets stage a relief rally after Monday's losses as Ukraine tensions subside. Western Europe hesitates on sanctions. Moscow market stages a comeback, as do stocks exposed to the Ukraine market. Newslook

    Adam Shell, USA TODAY10:58 a.m. EST March 4, 2014

    With worst-case fears in the Ukraine crisis receding, investors went on a stock-buying binge and drove the broad U.S. stock market back to record-highs.


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    STORY HIGHLIGHTS


    • S&P 500 recoups all its losses from Monday and hits new high
    • Russia's benchmark Micex index recaptures some lost ground
    • Today's bullish trading action is mirror image of yesterday's trade


    NEW YORK It's bounce back Tuesday on Wall Street, as a dissipation in tensions in Ukraine was greeted with relief by bulls, who pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index back into record-high territory.

    Trading in financial markets Tuesday is the mirror image of Monday's price action. Risk-taking is back today after yesterday's flight-to-quality trade. Stocks, for example, are back in the black and perceived safe havens, such as U.S. government bonds and gold, were falling and giving back large chunks of Monday's gains.


    U.S. stocks jumped sharply at the open and global markets also advanced as investor concerns over the Ukraine crisis eased after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there is "no need yet" to increase his country's military presence there. Putin's decision to end military exercises in the region and send Russian troops back to their bases also helped ease fears in global financial markets.


    The U.S. decision to put together a $1 billion loan package for the Ukraine also reduced fears of a financial crisis in the beleaguered country.


    The Dow Jones industrial average was up nearly 200 points, or 1.2%, to 16,367 in early trading, erasing all of yesterday's 154-point drop. The S&P 500 gained 1.3% to 1,869, eclipsing its prior closing record high of 1859.45. The Nasdaq composite gained 1.6% to 4,345, climbing to yet another fresh 14-year high. The Russell 2000, a small stock index, also was trading in record-high territory.


    Citing the strong performance of small-cap stocks, which typically do well in up markets, Chris Verrone, an analyst at Strategas Research Partners said the market's ability to rebound was a good sign.


    "We remain impressed with the resiliency stocks continue to exhibit," Verrone said.


    The easing of tensions in Ukraine, coupled with a drop in investor fear, has given risk-assets a major boost.


    "Investors are reacting to events unfolding overseas," says Karee Venema of Schaeffer's Investment Research. "Specifically, Putin overnight saying that while he has the right to use force, he noted that there is 'no need yet' to use force."


    Gold prices gave back some of Monday's 2.2% gain, retreating about $14 per ounce, or 1%, to $1,336.50. U.S government bonds also saw selling, pushing the yield, which moves in the opposite direction up to 2.66%, from 2.6% Monday.


    Oil prices dipped roughly 1,.5% Tuesday after spiking 2.3% yesterday. Wall Street feared energy supplies could be impacted due to the possibility of Western sanctions against Russia for its military incursion into the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Russia is one of the world's leading energy exporters.


    Benchmark U.S. crude for April delivery was down $1.55 per barrel to $103.38 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract jumped $2.33 to close at $104.92 a barrel on Monday.


    Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.5% at 14,721.48 while China's Shanghai composite fell 0.2% to 2,071.47.


    European shares staged broad-based gains as well. London's FTSE 100 was up 1.7, Germany's DAX rose 2.2% and France's CAC 40 was 2.3% higher.


    On Monday, the S&P 500 index fell 13.72 points, or 0.7%, to 1,845.73. The Dow dropped 153.68 points, or 0.9%, to 16,168.03. The Nasdaq composite fell 30.82, or 0.7%, to 4,277.30.


    MONDAY: Stocks close sharply lower on Ukraine conflict


    Developments in Ukraine have dominated the start of what is likely to be a busy week on the economic news front. As well as a raft of U.S. economic data that culminates with Friday's nonfarm payrolls figures for February, investors have the monthly policy meeting from the European Central Bank to monitor.


    REPORTS: Putin calls troops back from military exercises


    Russia's benchmark Micex Index jumped 4.2% after it plunged 11%, the most since November 2008 in the prior trading session, according to Bloomberg.


    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...raine/6003015/

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