ASSOCIATED PRESS In this stock photo, an investor looks at his smart phone displaying stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing, Tues. July 14, 2015. BANGKOK ― China’s Shanghai Composite index plunged 8.7 per cent but then rebounded slightly as regulators moved to steady markets amid fears of a virus outbreak. The benchmark for China’s smaller market, in Shenzhen, was down 7.8 per cent at 1,695.36 by mid-morning. The Shanghai Composite had fallen 2.8 per cent to 2,976.53 on Jan. 23, its last day of trading before the Lunar New Year. Then came the virus outbreak.

Source: Huffington Post February 03, 2020 03:22 UTC