Global rout: Stocks, oil prices tumble as gold soars on pandemic fears

By 0ur Correspondent
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February 25, 2020


LONDON: World stock markets and oil prices tumbled on Monday on growing fears of a coronavirus pandemic, with Milan and Seoul off the most as new cases spiked, while gold hit a seven-year peak on safe-haven buying, dealers said. In afternoon trading, Milan’s stock market was more than five percent lower following reports of a fifth death in Italy amid the COVID-19 epidemic.