NEW YORK: A surprisingly strong US jobs report on Friday sent bond and gold prices sharply lower and initially lifted equity markets, but mounting tensions over Ukraine led stocks in Europe and elsewhere to retreat, while U.S. shares ended little changed.
Diplomatic efforts to cool the crisis in Ukraine calmed markets earlier in the week, but as tensions rose over Russia's intervention in Crimea, investors tried to shield themselves before the weekend from any potential confrontation.
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