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How Coronavirus may have given global markets their worst week since 2008

Hopes that the epidemic would be over in a few months and economic activity would return to normal have been shattered, as new infections reported around the world now surpass those in China

Global markets are not fully pricing in coronavirus' impact: Jim Rogers

Rogers said the worst was yet to come for the global financial markets - not purely due to coronavirus, but also due to the slowing growth

Road ahead for equity markets will be challenging, says Shyamsunder Bhat

For a sustained up move from the present levels, we would need to see a pick-up in industrial and consumer demand, and growth in corporate earnings

Global markets hit hard as indices catch Wuhan flu; Sensex falls 285 pts

Foreign brokerages are bracing for a larger impact on the global markets than what was during the SARS outbreak, which also originated in China, back in 2003

Global oil demand could nearly halve if coronavirus threat escalates

The outbreak comes at a time when geopolitical risks to oil supply are likely to remain elevated in 2020, as both the US and Iran continue their maximum pressure campaigns

A $1.5 trillion and more wiped out: Coronavirus fallout across assets

Here's a look at how the major global asset classes have reacted so far

Scare of rapidly-spreading coronavirus keeps India indices in the red

Benchmark Sensex lost 188 points on Tuesday while Nifty50 closed 0.52 per cent down

Scare of rapidly-spreading coronavirus keeps India indices in the red

Benchmark Sensex lost 188 points on Tuesday while Nifty50 closed 0.52 per cent down

Markets catch coronavirus flu: World indices slip into the red, gold rises

The Indian indices fell over 1% as earnings disappointment, coupled with the virus scare, hit sentiment

Global stock markets, oil prices skid as China's Coronavirus fears spread

Market participants kept a wary eye on developments around the virus, which the WHO last week deemed 'an emergency in China,' but not, as yet, for the rest of the world

Global markets welcome 2020: New year cheer for stocks as rally rumbles on

MSCI's broadest index of world shares added 0.2% to December's 3.3% jump and the 24% gained in 2019

Global Markets: Sterling falls on new Brexit fears, stocks edge higher

European stocks fell from record highs and sterling dropped more than 1% as reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to put a no-deal exit from the EU back on the table

Dollar ticks slightly lower awaiting details on US-China trade agreement

Caution over the future path of trade talks pushed the dollar index down 0.23%, last at 96.948

Aramco IPO retail tranche oversubscribed, orders reach $10 bn: Lead manager

It will be the world's biggest IPO if it tops the $25 billion set by China's Alibaba in 2014

Significant stress in China could spill over to US, global markets: US Fed

According to the Federal Reserve, trade frictions -- centered on the US-China dispute -- remained the most widely cited potential near-term shock.

Shares, bond yields slip globally on trade deal concerns, Hong Kong unrest

The dollar was stable after a rise in US consumer prices was greater than expected

Recession bullet dodged? Markets eye new high on US-China trade truce hopes

Hopes of a trade truce between the United States and China this month fuelled the optimism, with some more details being filled in on what's expected to be a "phase one" agreement.

Hong Kong bourse fails to win over LSE management, scraps $39-billion bid

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX), said it still believed the combination of the two exchanges would be "strategically compelling"

Sombre news on global markets

The WTO report said trade volume growth should accelerate slightly to 2.7% in 2020, while global GDP growth holds steady at 2.3% but that this also depended on easing of trade tensions

Indices end winning run as global tensions, profit-booking take toll

The Sensex ended 504 points, or 1.3 per cent, lower at 38,594, while the Nifty declined 148 points, or 1.3 per cent, to close at 11,440