World markets down again as Covid-19 death toll rises
European stocks dip after recent gains as EU officials fail to agree on a rescue package and push talks out by another day
08 April 2020 - 13:27
London — World stocks turned negative on Wednesday as the coronavirus death toll mounted and eurozone finance ministers failed to agree a rescue package to help economies recover from the effect of the outbreak.
Covid-19 hospitalisations seemed to be leveling off in New York state, but deaths across the US jumped by a record of more than 1,800. Meanwhile, France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, making it the fourth country to cross that threshold after Italy, Spain and the US...
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