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Pandemic panic. The Dow Jones suffers its worst two-day points loss in history with $1.7tn wiped off U.S. stocks. Fears of a global Coronavirus outbreak balloon with new cases reported in previously u...

26 Feb 202024min

Bouncing back from a Wall Street sell-off. The Dow Jones nosedives by more than 1,000 points or 3.5 per cent – it’s worst single-day fall in two years – as fears of a global Coronavirus pandemic grow....

25 Feb 202025min

Italy on lockdown… almost a dozen cities across Lombardy and Veneto are quarantined by authorities in a bid to quell the largest outbreak of Coronavirus seen outside Asia. The virus dominates discussi...

24 Feb 202031min

Fears remain… Wall Street closes in the red on global coronavirus concerns but Chinese shares are higher as Beijing insists that its key manufacturing provinces are rapidly coming back online. Federal...

21 Feb 202024min

All change at UBS… Sergio Ermotti steps down as CEO to be replaced by ING boss Ralph Hamers in November. In the U.S., the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs and Chinese stocks follow suit to the upsi...

20 Feb 202031min

Asia rebounding: equities across the continent trade higher as China reports a slowdown in the increase of Coronavirus cases, and Japanese exports fall less than expected. In the U.S., Apple closes al...

19 Feb 202026min

A shock warning… Apple says it will fail to meet quarterly revenue guidance, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts iPhone sales and weighs on demand. Asian Apple suppliers sell off, dragging on the bro...

18 Feb 202024min

More cases confirmed: China reports more than two thousand new cases of coronavirus, pushing the death toll to over 1,700. In response, Hubei province bans all vehicle traffic while France reports the...

17 Feb 202024min