Bloomberg The European Union’s eastern nations are stepping up market interventions to protect their currencies from a selloff triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Czech central bank sold foreign currency on the market on Friday, joining the monetary authority in Poland, which intervened for the third time this week, according to people familiar with the transactions. Meanwhile, Hungary’s ...

Bloomberg Chilean copper production is expected to recover from the leanest January in more than a decade to register a similar annual haul as last year, according to the president of the country’s mining society. The world’s biggest supplier saw output slide 7.5% from January 2021, with lower ore quality and water scarcity among the reasons. In some cases, the ...

  Bloomberg Commodities extended their massive rally as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to roil global markets and fuel fears of supply crunches. Prices from crude and aluminum to wheat soared, as raw materials stage their most stunning weekly surge since 1974 during the days of the oil crisis. Russia’s growing isolation is choking off a major source of energy, ...