Escalating chrono virus emergency ascent stocks crashing to their worst losses in 30 years investors continued to bail out of the us europe asia and the middle east amid travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italys ramped up its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops of france or away in ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities efforts to stop gatherings a word to severe restrictions on sporting events including an almost complete suspension of professional sports in north america including basketball baseball and hockey in Europe Champions League football has also been suspended so we begin our coverage with whats been another torrid day for Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average saying almost 10 percent its worst losses since the black monday crash of 1987 and london the. But see 100. 00 closed down almost 11 percent all european markets altogether dropped 12 percent and the gulf t
Responding to a deadly rocket attack on a coalition base the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. Asian markets have opened in freefall extending global losses on fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic it follows a day of horror for u. S. European and middle eastern markets and basters are bailing out of the travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops of france norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities efforts to stop large gatherings and lead to severe restrictions on sporting events european football leagues an american basketball baseball and hockey leagues all suspended. So lets continue our coverage here with whats been another Tour De Force for Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent its worst losses. Since black monday crash of 1987 and london the footsie 100.
A coalition base the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. Asian markets have opened in freefall extending a global ralphs on fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic it follows a diet day for us european and middle east in stocks invest as a bailing out amid travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its lockdown closing baals restaurants and shops all fronts norway and ireland are among the latest countries to close schools and universities if its to stop large gatherings have led to severe restrictions owns forcing events european football matches and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those canceled or postponed. The fallout is continuing on Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent its worst losses since the black monday crash of 1987 and none in the footsie 100 closed down almost 11 percent while european markets together dropped 12
A quarantine. Volatility is gripping the worlds major stock markets is the crowd a virus pandemics and share values plummeting tokyos nikkei index closed friday down 6 percent thats after it plunged more than 10 percent opening along with markets in thailand and india it follows wall streets biggest drop since the black monday crash of 1987 theres another concern in the u. S. To delay in testing for the virus the Top Health Official says the Current Situation is failing but that more testing kits will be made available in the coming week meanwhile over in europe schools across much of the continent have been closed for towns and spain have gone into lockdown and the country is rolling out economic protection mischas lets take a look now at the Johns Hopkins university tracker for the global picture here it is these live numbers as you can see the total number of confirmed cases there has surpassed 128000 over here we have the total number of deaths at 4720 and the total number of peopl
Volatility is gripping the worlds major stock markets as the coronavirus pandemic censure values plummeting tokyos nikkei index closed on friday down 6 percent thats after it plunged by more than 10 percent on opening along with markets in thailand and india now it follows wall streets biggest drop since the black monday crash of 1987 theres another concern in the u. S. To a delay in testing for the virus a Top Health Official says the Current Situation is failing but that more testing kits will be made available in the coming week in europe schools across much of the continent have been closed for towns and spain now going into lockdown and the country is rolling out economic Protection Measures lets take a look at the job. Hopkins university tracker for the overall global picture there are now more than 128000 infections worldwide 4700 deaths and 68000 people have recovered from the corona virus live now to seoul and our correspondent rob mcbride so rob lets talk about the markets th