Bloomberg Equity-index futures and European stocks fell amid concern US inflation may have accelerated for a sixth month, with investors turning to the European Central Bank to gauge policy makers’ response to the war in Ukraine. Contracts expiring this month on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes slid at least 0.2% each after US stocks posted the biggest …

  Bloomberg Bitcoin dropped back below $40,000, erasing almost all the gains sparked by optimism about US President Joe Biden’s executive order to put more focus on the crypto sector. The largest cryptocurrency declined as much as 7.2% to $38,894, falling for the first time in three days. Ether dropped as much as 5% to $2,574. Most of the top …

  Bloomberg Gold extended losses after posting the biggest decline in 14 months as risk sentiment improved following indications that Ukraine is ready for a diplomatic solution with Russia. Bullion is paring some of its gains this year as demand for haven assets eases following remarks from a top foreign policy aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The official said Ukraine …