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The president spoke with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday fell by -0.01%. The dollar on Wednesday fell from a 1-week high and finished little changed after EUR/USD rallied on news that President Trump and Russian President Putin agreed to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine. The dollar on Wednesday initially rallied...

March WTI crude oil (CLH25 ) Wednesday closed down -1.95 (-2.06%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25 ) closed down -0.0577 (-2.69%). Crude oil and gasoline prices posted moderate losses on Wednesday. Wednesday's rally in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week high weighed on energy prices. Also, Wednesday's fall...

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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Wednesday and agreed to immediately start talks to end the Ukraine war, in an extraordinary thaw in relations that could leave Kyiv out in the cold.