coronavirus markets

• North America stock markets end week with a jump despite historic job losses

  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 132.87 points at 14,966.56.

  Canada

  May 8, 2020
• Coronavirus: World shares skid after price of crude oil plunges below zero

  The extreme volatility in energy markets highlighted investors' broad concerns about the duration of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the economy, weighing on financial markets more broadly.

  Consumer

  Apr 21, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Global shares skid as COVID-19 cases rise

  Global shares skidded Wednesday as reports of rising numbers of coronavirus cases deepened the gloom over the likely impact on the world economy.

  World

  Apr 1, 2020
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• Coronavirus: U.S. futures, Asian shares drop as COVID-19 pandemic deepens

  Markets reopened after the weekend to an altered business landscape as lockdowns and closures intended to halt the spread of the new coronavirus expanded to include many cities around the world and the number of people infected surged past 300,000.

  Consumer

  Mar 23, 2020
• Coronavirus: Asian markets continue to tumble after latest Wall Street selloff

  The losses followed a more than 1,300 point decline Wednesday in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which has now lost nearly all of its gains since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

  World

  Mar 18, 2020
• Coronavirus: Global shares rebound after Wall Street dive, recession warning

  Shares rebounded in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after a brutal sell-off that gave the U.S. stock market its worst loss in over 30 years, with many economies grinding to a standstill in hopes of containing the spread of the coronavirus.

  Consumer

  Mar 17, 2020
• Coronavirus: Asian stock markets, U.S. futures fall after Federal Reserve rate cut

  Asian stock markets and U.S. futures fell Monday after the Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate to shore up economic growth in the face of mounting global anti-virus controls that are shutting down business and travel.

  Consumer

  Mar 16, 2020
• TSX crosses into bear market as coronavirus declared a pandemic

  A bear market is commonly defined as a loss of 20 per cent from a recent high. The TSX ended the day down 20.6 per cent off the high of 17,970.51 set on Feb. 20.

  Economy

  Mar 11, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Global shares mixed as fear over COVID-19 outbreak mounts

  Countries are shifting into damage-control as infections spread, prompting sweeping controls on travel, closures of schools and cancellations or postponements of sports events and many other public activities.

  Consumer

  Mar 11, 2020