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Wall Street opens lower as Russians attack a nuclear plant

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is opening lower as a strong jobs reports wasn’t nearly enough to quell the market’s worries about Russia’s continued pounding of Ukraine. Stock indexes opened lower, investors continued to shovel money into low-risk U.S. government bonds, and crude oil prices spiked higher again. European markets were down even more and Asian markets closed lower overnight. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%. The losses came even as the government reported a burst of hiring last month. The latest market jitters came after Russian forces attacked and captured a nuclear plant in Ukraine, the biggest in Europe. 

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