European stocks fell and government bonds gained on Tuesday as investors responded to the latest escalation of the war in Ukraine.
The pan-continental Stoxx Europe 600 index finished 0.5 per cent lower. Germany’s Dax and the Cac 40 in Paris both lost 0.7 per cent.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 erased most of its early losses to rise 0.1 per cent by mid-morning. Nvidia, one of the world’s most valuable companies owing to its dominance of the AI processor market, boosted the technology-heavy Nasdaq as it climbed 3 per cent ahead of an earnings release on Wednesday. Other technology giants, including Amazon and Apple, rose 1 per cent. The Nasdaq added 0.6 per cent.