European stocks gain as virus anxiety eases
Markets shrug off the worry over coronavirus outbreak after WHO designates it emergency for China but not the rest of the world
24 January 2020 - 13:48
London/Tokyo — European shares on Friday shrugged off the worry over the coronavirus outbreak after the World Health Organisation designated it an emergency for China but not yet for the rest of the world.
The virus has killed 25 people and infected at least 800 in China, where health authorities fear the infection rate could accelerate as hundreds of millions of people travel over the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, which began on Friday...
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