India, June 8 -- Worries about the flare-up in the Middle East as well as the fading hype surrounding artificial intelligence impacted market sentiment heavily at the onset of the new week.
Wall Street Futures are directionless. Benchmarks in Europe are trading on a mostly negative note amidst anxiety ahead of a likely interest rate hike by the European Central Bank. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a heavily negative note.
Dollar Index is firm around the flatline. Bond yields have hardened across regions as renewed Middle East tensions as exacerbated inflation and growth worries.
Both the crude oil benchmarks have spiked more than 4 percent after Iran and Israel exchanged missile strikes. Gold has also lost more...