Asian marts hammered over Covid-19 fears
An electric quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo today. The Nikkei index plunged more than 3% at the open after US and European sell-offs. – AFP pic, February 28, 2020.
ASIAN markets were hammered yet again today, tracking a collapse in New York and Europe as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world with the WHO warning the deadly epidemic was now at aEquities from the United States to Asia are on course to record their worst week since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago as investors run to the hills on fears the virus will smash the global economy.
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