Concerns over the rapidly spreading coronavirus continued to spook investors across the globe on Thursday with the death toll and the number of those infected rising.
Asian stocks closed in the red, with most key indices losing around 2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped 2.62 percent, closing at 26,449.13 points. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.72 percent to end the trading day at 22,977.75, while the Taiex in Taiwan plunged 5.75 percent.
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