Stocks Deepen Week’s Losses as Ukraine Invasion Escalates

Stocks Deepen Week’s Losses as Ukraine Invasion Escalates
A man wearing a protective face mask walks in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, on March 10, 2020. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
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LONDON—Stocks extended their losses for the week on Friday as investors piled into government bonds and gold for cover while scrutinizing the latest twists in Russia’s escalating invasion of Ukraine, which included seizing a huge nuclear plant.

Industrial metals, grains, and oil gained while Asian shares mined 16-month lows after news of a fire, later extinguished, near a Ukraine nuclear facility following fighting with Russian forces.