Many will bear the brunt, except crude & gas producers and renewable firms
Oil slipped around 2% after news from the Suez Canal that salvage crews have managed to move the giant container ship that has been clogging up the vital global trade passage for nearly a week
Detection of the new strain in the UK prompted several countries to close their borders to it
Oil prices extended losses, hit by a surprise build in oil inventories in the US and as OPEC and allies left markets in limbo by delaying a meeting to decide whether to increase output in January
Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.12 at 0745 GMT, heading for a 2.3% drop this week
While some have restricted intra-day leverages given to clients for trading, others have stopped trading in illiquid scrips
The government control on pricing continues via tax tweaks
The new coronavirus has killed nearly 3,000 people and infected more than 86,000 in dozens of countries
Futures are down in New York from Wednesday's close as anxieties over demand resurfaced this week following sluggish economic numbers from the US to China
The Middle East and North Africa should stick with economic reforms
Armed assailants blew up a pipeline pumping crude oil to the port of Es Sider on Tuesday, cutting Libya's output by up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to military and energy sources
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were down 34 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $63.06 a barrel
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $63.30 per barrel, up 73 cents, or 1.2 percent.