CURRENT STOCK MARKET INDICATOR TRENDS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF COVID‑19 AND THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

The scientific work analyzes stock indices and how they react to external changes. Characteristic features of the main world stock indices are highlighted and described, and possible prospects for their development are revealed. The article reveals the meaning of such concepts as stock indices, considers their essence, key indicators, as well as the impact of global problems on market fluctuations. The work is devoted to the study of some of the main problems of humanity during the last decade. The authors consider how Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian war affected the stock markets. The work provides an analysis of the features and development trends of the main stock indices against the background of global events. The impact, economic and political consequences, possible threats caused by the pandemic and war, as well as prospects for the further development of the world economy are revealed. The study identifies the main problems and trends in the development of stock markets at the current stage. Covid-19 has shown how sensitive markets can be to global societal issues, including how it can significantly affect the global economy and stock indices. Also, an equally important problem considered in the article is the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the economy and its further consequences are predicted. In general, the beginning of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine became a significant shock and challenge after the almost complete overcoming of the global Covid-19 pandemic. This discovery study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and war on USA, European, and East Asian stock indices. Our results show that changes in the background of Covid-19 and war had a significant impact on the Dow Jones, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100 and NASDAQ 100.