Coronavirus likely to dominate financial markets this week

Coronavirus likely to dominate financial markets this week
Jenny Ruth
Top of mind for global financial markets is the rapid spread of the coronavirus and what that could mean for economies and stocks of travel, airline and tourism-related companies.Canada reported its first "presumptive" case and in China, the National Health Commission late yesterday raised the official death toll there to 56, with 1,975 cases confirmed, including 324 considered critical.The major of Wuhan, at the centre of the outbreak, yesterday said the number of confirmed cases could be about 1,000 higher - assuming half the city's almost 3,...

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