- Tunisia incumbent Saied set to win presidential vote: exit polls
- Phillies win thriller to level Mets series
- Yu bags first PGA Tour win with playoff win
- PSG held by Nice to leave Monaco clear at top of Ligue 1
- AC Milan fall at Fiorentina after De Gea's penalty heroics
- Lewandowski treble for leaders Barca as Atletico held
- Fresh Israeli strikes hit south Beirut
- Sucic stunner earns Real Sociedad draw against Atletico
- PSG draw with Nice, fail to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
- Gudmundsson downs AC Milan after De Gea's penalty heroics for Fiorentina
- 'Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV
- 'Difficult day': Oct 7 commemorations begin with festival memorial
- Commemorations begin for anniversary of attack on Israel
- Lewandowski hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- 'Nothing gets in way of team,' says Celtics' MVP hopeful Tatum
- India maintain Pakistan stranglehold as Windies cruise at Women's T20 World Cup
- 'We will win!': Mozambique's ruling party confident at final vote rally
- Tunisia voting ends as Saied eyes re-election with critics behind bars
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- Postecoglou slams 'unacceptable' Spurs after 'terrible' loss at Brighton
- Marmoush double denies Bayern outright Bundesliga top spot
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- Maresca hails Chelsea's 'fighting' spirit after draw with 10-man Forest
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- Man Utd stalemate keeps Ten Hag in danger, Spurs rocked by Brighton
- Drowned by hurricane, remote N.Carolina towns now struggle for water
- Vikings hold off Jets in London to stay unbeaten
- Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: 'We will win'
- West Indies cruise to T20 World Cup win over Scotland
- Arshdeep, Chakravarthy help India hammer Bangladesh in T20 opener
- Lewandowski's quickfire hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Man Utd fire another blank in Aston Villa stalemate
- Lewandowski treble powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Russian activist killed on front line in Ukraine
- Openda strike briefly sends Leipzig top of Bundesliga
- Goal-shy Man Utd have to 'step up', says Ten Hag
- India bowl out Bangladesh for 127 in T20 opener
- Madueke rescues Chelsea in draw with 10-man Forest
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- Kaur leads India to victory over Pakistan in Women's T20 World Cup
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- India restrict Pakistan to 105-8 in Women's T20 World Cup
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Oil soars, ruble and equities dive on Russia fallout
Oil and gas prices surged Monday, but the ruble collapsed and global stocks sank after world powers imposed new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the latest tough measures by placing his nuclear forces on high alert on Sunday and the Kremlin has insisted it can ride out the sanctions.
Brent crude again topped $100 per barrel and Europe's reference Dutch TTF natural gas price rose by more than 12 percent to 106 euros per megawatt hour in mid-afternoon trading, as fears grew over Russian energy supplies.
The news, alongside sharp gains for aluminium, nickel and wheat, sparked renewed concern over rampant inflation.
Traders will closely watch a meeting this week of OPEC and other major oil producers led by Russia, where they will discuss output plans.
Wall Street stocks opened lower as investors followed a sell-off that began in Europe earlier on Monday.
The Dow was down 1.2 percent, the tech-rich Nasdaq index shed 0.9 percent and the broad-based S&P 500 was down one percent in early trading.
European stocks sank with London losing 1.3 percent, while Frankfurt and Paris shed 2.1 percent and 2.7 percent respectively following a mixed showing in Asia.
The ruble struck record lows against the euro and dollar after the West banned all transactions with Russia's central bank and ejected some lenders from international payments system SWIFT.
- Eurozone banks take hit -
The weekend news sent shockwaves through European banks early on Monday amid fears of a sector-wide impact.
In Paris, Societe Generale slumped 10.4 percent, BNP Paribas shed 8.2 percent and Credit Agricole lost 5.5 percent.
In Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank was the biggest loser with a drop of 8.5 percent.
"European banks with the biggest exposure to Russia... have been hit hardest amid today's market sell-off," said Interactive Investor's Victoria Scholar.
"The SWIFT system in this context mainly matters as it allows Russian energy companies to easily sell oil and gas abroad via the conduit of the global financial system."
The European subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Sberbank is meanwhile facing bankruptcy in the wake of the sanctions, the European Central Bank said on Monday.
In the British capital, Russia-exposed companies were back in the firing line.
London-listed shares in Russian metal giants Polymetal and Evraz took another battering, collapsing by 52 percent and 27 percent respectively.
British energy giant BP dived almost 6.0 percent after deciding to exit Russia.
Gold and the yen, go-to assets in times of uncertainty, rose, while the dollar was up against most other currencies.
Emerging markets units took a hit from the Ukraine turmoil, with the Hungarian forint hitting an all-time low against the euro.
News that Russia's central bank had raised interest rates to 20 percent -- the highest since 2003 -- helped pare the ruble's losses only briefly as worried Russians queued up outside banks to withdraw savings.
- Key figures around 1445 GMT -
Brent North Sea crude: UP 2.9 percent at $100.74 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: UP 3.9 percent at $95.12 per barrel
New York - Dow: DOWN 1.2 percent at 33,668.37 points
New York - S&P 500: DOWN 1.0 percent at 4,340.83
New York - Nasdaq: DOWN 0.8 percent at 13,589.77
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 1.3 percent at 7,390.24
Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 2.1 percent at 14,255.85
Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 2.7 percent at 6,568.72
EURO STOXX 50: DOWN 2.7 percent at 3,862.63
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.2 percent at 26,526.82 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.2 percent at 22,713.02 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.3 percent at 3,462.31 (close)
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1227 from $1.1268 late Friday
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.3419 from $1.3409
Euro/pound: DOWN at 83.68 pence from 84.03 pence
Dollar/yen: DOWN at 115.24 yen from 115.55 yen
J.Oliveira--AMWN