FTSE loses another £35bn as coronavirus rattles global markets
by Jasper Jolly from on (#4ZVR1)
Travel companies hit hard as mounting fears over spread of disease lead to global sell-off
Mounting fears over the spread of the coronavirus led to another global market sell-off on Tuesday, with investor panic wiping nearly 100bn off the value of Britain's biggest companies in the past two days.
The FTSE 100 index closed at its lowest level in a year, down 1.9% at 7,018, lowering the value of Britain's blue-chip companies by about 35bn. It followed a major sell-off on Monday, when 62bn was wiped off the value of the index.
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