Coronavirus: Stock markets free-falling as outbreak restrictions grow globally

Coronavirus: Stock markets free-falling as outbreak restrictions grow globally
A ban on flights to the US from most of Europe tips investor sentiment into renewed panic mode across the world.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-stock-markets-free-falling-as-outbreak-restrictions-grow-globally-11955894

Markets rally as US reaches deal on $2trn Covid-19 stimulus package - business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

9am: FTSE 100 up 244 points or 4.5%
Introduction: deal reached on $2tn coronavirus package
Japan’s Nikkei gains 7% as Asia-Pacific markets jump
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/mar/25/market-us-covid-19-stimulus-deal-uk-inflation-retail-sales-ftse-business

Coronavirus: Asia markets rise after US stimulus package agreed
Stocks rally around the world as America agrees a near-$2tn economic package to support its economy.
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52030034


Asia stocks surge after Wall Street’s best day in over a decade
Japanese stocks led a strong rebound for Asia-Pacific markets after the prospect of a $2tn coronavirus stimulus package propelled Wall Street to its best day in ...
Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/0de2a0ae-6e39-11ea-9bca-bf503995cd6f

Complacency to chaos: how Covid-19 sent the world’s markets into freefall
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/28/how-coronavirus-sent-global-markets-into-freefall

Covid-19 lockdown causes record fall in eurozone business activity - business live
Composite PMI data showed the Eurozone suffered its largest ever monthly drop in business activity in March, as the Covid-19 outbreak gained pace.
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/apr/03/stocks-markets-data-china-economy-covid19-coronavirus-non-farm-payrolls-jobless-us-pmi-business-live


Economic activity crashes across Europe after coronavirus lockdowns
Service sector activity crashed across Europe in March as coronavirus lockdowns caused a series of widely watched business surveys to record their ...
Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/f8e58c8a-de5e-44ac-84c4-dac767e6cfca

Coronavirus: UK economy 'set for deepest downturn in memory'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52542943

'Worst to come!' Terrifying warning as UK economy heads for biggest recession in 300 years
THE UK economy is heading for disaster after the Bank of England warned the coronavirus crisis will send it crashing to its biggest recession in more than 300 years, but financial experts have chillingly warned: "The worst is yet to come."
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1279396/uk-recession-economy-latest-bank-of-england-forecast-gdp-coronavirus-spending

Is the second stock market crash of 2020 about to hit?
With the threat of a second stock market crash hanging in the air, this is how I'm handling the situation and why I'm buying shares.
Motley Fool UK
https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2020/05/31/is-the-second-stock-market-crash-of-2020-about-to-hit/

Easyjet and Carnival set to drop out of FTSE 100, analysts say, as coronavirus hits share prices hard
Easyjet and cruise operator Carnival are the two most likely candidates to drop out of the FTSE 100 next week, with share prices tumbling due to a ban on travel ...
Evening Standard
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/easyjet-carnival-ftse-100-coronavirus-a4455591.html

The UK economy shrank more than it has done in 65 years, plunging nearly 20% in the second-quarter | Markets
TOLGA AKMEN/Getty The UK economy posted a record contraction in the second quarter of the year, with gross domestic product plunging 19.8% bet...
Business Insider
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/uk-gdp-economy-shrank-record-second-quarter-ons-2020-9-1029633785#


UK's economic plunge at the peak of coronavirus lockdown is revised down
Official figures for the fall in GDP during the three months to June have been revised down from 20.4 per cent to 19.8 per cent.
Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8788593/UKs-economic-plunge-peak-coronavirus-lockdown-revised-down.html

UK's GDP plunges 19.8% between April and June, ONS figures show
The UK economy's record contraction in the second quarter was less severe than first thought, with gross domestic product plunging 19.8 per cent between April ...
Evening Standard
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/uk-gdp-ons-figures-198-a4559451.html