Global stocks sink as investors grapple with the potential economic fallout from mounting coronavirus infections in South Korea, Italy and elsewhere
In South Korea, which reported its seventh death from the coronavirus, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index tumbled 3.9% on Monday. That was the Kospi’s biggest one-day fall since 2018, according to FactSet.
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