Global share markets fall as panicked investors flee to the safety of bonds and the yen to hedge the economic trauma of the coronavirus, while oil plunges more than 30% after Saudi Arabia opens the taps in a price war with Russia
SYDNEY/HONG KONG - Global share markets plunged on Monday as panicked investors fled to the safety of bonds and the yen to hedge the economic trauma of the coronavirus, while oil plunged more than 30% after Saudi Arabia opened the taps in a price war with Russia.
In Asia, stocks tumbled, the safe-haven yen surged and emerging market currencies with exposure to oil tumbled in volatile trade. [FRX/] “Not just us, but across the globe you would have every broker/dealer raising their margin requirements...trying to basically protect our clients from trying to leverage too much risk or guess where the bottom is.”
There were also worries that U.S. oil producers that had issued a lot of debt would be made uneconomic by the price drop. The European Central Bank meets on Thursday and will be under intense pressure to act, but rates there are already deeply negative.
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