Global markets down as new SARS-like virus spreads
The symptoms started in Asia but the contagion spread to European shares and saw the MSCI all-country world index drop 0.4%
21 January 2020 - 12:22
London — Global shares took a beating on Tuesday, wiping out all gains made at the start of the week as mounting concerns about a new strain of coronavirus in China sent a ripple of risk aversion through markets.
Authorities in China confirmed that a new virus could be spread through human contact, reporting 15 medical staff had been infected and a fourth person had died...
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