Russia will not supply oil on non-market conditions, a Ukrainian ship with grain blocked the Bosphorus – Fomag.ru digest
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• A ship bound for Italy as part of a major grain initiative with 3 seizures of Ukrainian corn ran aground in the Bosphorus Strait on Thursday, Western media reported, citing the office of the governor of the Turkish capital. informs Interfax
According to Turkish authorities, the 173-meter cargo ship Lady Zehma ran aground in the Bosphorus and dropped anchor after she lost her rudder. Thus, the vessel in the strait was suspended.
• US indices of deal captures on Thursday without any dynamics, writes Interfax.
Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rose for the first time in five sessions. At the same time, the Nasdaq returned to the downside, recording the highest value of the decline since February, following chip maker stocks, MarketWatch reported.
Investors are waiting for data on the state of the US labor market in August, which will be published on Friday. Unemployment is expected to remain at 3.5%, with jobs up 300,000 after returning 528,000 in early July.
British market regulator gave Microsoft a one-week deadline to resolve antitrust issues, the pending acquisition of one of the world’s most important video games Activision Blizzard. Meanwhile, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said the company still expects to close by June next year. The cost of Activision Blizzard rose by the end of trading by 0.1%, Microsoft – fell by 0.4%.
The price of Nvidia Corp paper. fell 7.7% on news that US authorities banned the GPU maker from exporting state-of-the-art artificial intelligence chips to China and Russia.
Capitalization of estimated Advanced Micro Devices decreased by 3%.
• The Russian Embassy in Washington responded to a report about a law enforcement proposal to impose a price ceiling on Russian oil, stating that Moscow will not supply fuel on non-market terms, informs Interfax.
Earlier it was reported that this Friday the finance ministers of the G7 countries intend to open access to marginal prices for Russian oil. The G7 leaders agreed on this initiative in June.
• In Buenos Aires, an attempt Assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchnerit did not happen, the attacker was detained, the British edition of The Guardian reported.
The incident occurred at a meeting with Kirchner at her home. The video recordings of the assassination attempt show that the man hit the vice president’s gun, but did not fire, writes Interfax.
• Gold sells for $1,709 an ounce, silver for $17.7 an ounce.
• Bitcoin (BTC, review) sells for $20,200 with a total capitalization of about $386.6 billion, according to Coinmarketcap.
• The dollar costs about 60.1 rubles, for the euro they give 59.8 rubles.
• Futures for Brent crude at 7.50 Moscow time were trading at $94.2 per barrel, and WTI at $88.4 per barrel.
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