News Flash: The end is not nigh
Find out how your investments might be impacted by these three news stories:
- Why have markets finally been spooked by the coronavirus?
- NMC suspends its shares
- Heathrow has hit a climate roadblock in its plans to open a third runway
Coronavirus spooks market – finally With deaths from the coronavirus now fast approaching 3000 and substantial outbreaks now confirmed outside China (400 cases in Italy and more than 1500 in South Korea), the markets have begun to panic. The long-awaited financial response to the outbreak has been felt across all major global markets: the FTSE 100 and Dow Jones are both down more than 7% this week and global companies have started forecasting the revenue hit caused by the virus. You can find out what all the companies in our Ultimate Stocks Portfolio are saying in this article. The news…