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ASX 200 falls 0.7%, UK and travel shares drop – Motley Fool Australia
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX:XJO) fell by 0.7% with UK shares and travel ASX shares falling hard because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell by around 0.7% today to 5,784 points.
Share market COVID-19 fears
This followed on from a tough day for the European share market, particularly in the UK as it starts reintroducing restrictions to try to halt the spread of COVID-19.
According to reporting by the BBC, the UK coronavirus alert level is moving to level 4. That means that transmission is ‘high or rising exponentially’. The government’s scientific adviser warned there could be 50,000 new c…
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