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- Bloomberg
Hong Kong Stocks Slide to 13-Month Low on Fresh Virus Woes
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s stock benchmark closed at the lowest level in more than a year on Monday, as the omicron Covid-19 strain fueled worries about the outlook of border reopening and economic growth.Most Read from BloombergChina Cash Flowed Through Congo Bank to Former President’s Cronies‘Pension Poachers’ Are Targeting America’s Elderly VeteransThe Hang Seng Index fell 1% to its lowest level since October 2020, extending a 2.7% drop on Friday. Meituan led the declines after reporting wide
- FX Empire
ASX200: Weekly Wrap – 26/11/2021
Gains from early in the week were reversed on Friday, with risk aversion in response to news of the new COVID-19 strain and containment measures sinking the ASX200 on Friday.
- Yahoo Finance UK
Global stock markets crash as new COVID variant spooks investors
A new, more transmissible, variant of COVID-19 was identified in South Africa, and has also been detected in Hong Kong.
