Stock markets wobble and oil soars in the face of Putin's offensive in Ukraine

• Tension Putin recognizes the separatist territories and deploys his troops there

Vladimir Putin

put an end to the tense calm in Ukraine last night by recognizing the separatist territories of Donetsk and Lugansk and deploying the Russian army in both territories.

The measure plunged the ruble from the first moment and this morning it is shaking the main stock markets and, above all, the price of

.

On the European stock markets, the indices have started the session with falls of over 2% which, however, have softened minutes later.

The German stock market is the most affected with a decline of 1.7% in the Dax 30, followed by the Italian Ftse Mib (-1.1%), the Cac de Paris, which registers a decrease of close to 1% and the Ibex 35, which is down almost 0.6% and tries to protect 8,400 points at the beginning of the session.

Putin's offensive has put investors and the top leaders of the EU on guard, who will meet in an extraordinary way this Tuesday at ambassadorial level to explore sanctions against Russia for its latest actions.

In Spain,

(-4.4%),

(-2%) and Inditex (-1.7%) registered the greatest falls, unlike

and

, which lead the rises.

Despite this, investors are not losing sight of the tension in Eastern Europe and the next movements.

"The outcome of an event with the characteristics of the possible invasion of Ukraine by Russia is uncertain, but we are at a point where it should be relatively close," says the team of analysts at A&G Banca Privada.

Along with stocks, the other big point of interest this Tuesday is

.

The price of a barrel has skyrocketed in recent hours to stand, in the case of

-a reference in Europe- on the verge of 100 dollars (98.9

at the beginning of the session), almost 4% more ;

As for the barrel of

, a reference for the US, the increase exceeds 5%, which places it at 96 dollars.

Finally, the price of the euro against the dollar stood at 1.1294 'greenbacks', while the Spanish risk premium stood at 102 basis points, with the interest required on the ten-year bond at 1.207%

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Macroeconomics The tension in Ukraine sinks the European stock markets and gives the Ibex 35 a fall of 3.18%

MarketsThe tension with Ukraine erases 15,000 million from the Ibex and pushes the risk premium above 100 points

InflationThe Bank of Spain already forecasts an average inflation of 4% in 2022 and asks that salaries not be raised

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