Stock markets in Europe opened in a state of high anxiety, which gave way to panic.
Investors are in the dark. They don’t know how many people will fall ill, how long it will take for them to recover or when a coronavirus vaccine will be discovered.
An economic shock of unknowable scale is upon us and shares in companies are being sold-off
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