World stocks pull back for a third day on new Covid-19 restrictions
The weaker sentiment was triggered by a late US sell-off overnight due to Covid-19 deaths there passing 250,000
19 November 2020 - 12:17
London/Sydney — World stocks eased for a third day and oil fell on Thursday tracking overnight weakness in Asia and Wall Street as widening Covid-19 restrictions weighed on market sentiment.
Positive news about potential vaccines had helped push the MSCI world index to a record high earlier in the week, only to see investors pull back as a host of countries announced record infection rates and tougher lockdowns...
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