Chinese markets in view as spreading coronavirus continues to dominate

Chinese markets in view as spreading coronavirus continues to dominate
Rebecca Howard
Investors are keenly awaiting the reopening of Chinese equity markets following their extended closure for the Lunar New Year holiday, which kept them out of action as the spreading coronavirus dented Wall Street and European stock markets. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets have been closed since late January, missing out on the growing fears permeating among equity investors about the outbreak of coronavirus. Chinese regulators have attempted to pre-empt the opening, with the People's Bank of China yesterday said it would inject 1.2...

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