World stock exchanges - American, European and Asian - continued negative dynamics yesterday, ending trading in the red zone. Investors' pessimism increased on the prospects of deterioration of the global economy, which has not gone away from the pandemic coronavirus, under the influence of sanctions imposed against Russia. In these conditions the popularity of gold was growing, the price of which during the trading session overcame a mark of $2000 per troy ounce, subsequently having slightly decreased. The main US stock indices fell by 2 - 3%, European ones - within 2% and Asian ones - by 1 - 4%. The results of the anti-Russian sanctions - in particular, the sharp rise in commodity prices, including energy - alarmed the international community. Added to this, many foreign companies (American, European, Asian) have ceased operations in Russia, which also poses a risk to global GDP.