The Dow snaps a two-day losing streak and Treasury yields surge after Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirms that a 25-basis point interest rate hike is still likely this month. Crude prices soar to highs not seen in around a decade as OPEC+ nations refuse to veer from a previously agreed gradual output increase. Russia claims to have captured the southern Ukrainian city Kherson, the first of its offensive. But Kyiv disputes the Kremlin’s claims. Ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s downgrade Russian sovereign debt to junk status, and Russian stocks are removed from the MSCI and FTSE Russell indices.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.