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China is the largest importer of oil; it consumes about 14 million barrels per day. This is enough to satisfy the needs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Japan and South Korea. The agency notes that the new virus could be the most powerful shock to the oil markets since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.
Stock exchanges in China closed with a fall of 7-8% amid concerns over the coronavirus. The Shanghai Composite Shanghai Stock Exchange Index fell 7.7% to 2746.61 points, the Shenzhen Composite Index - 8.4%, to 1,609 points. Bloomberg described the situation at the auction as follows: "everything that investors were afraid of, and even more."
source: bloomberg.com
Stock exchanges in China closed with a fall of 7-8% amid concerns over the coronavirus. The Shanghai Composite Shanghai Stock Exchange Index fell 7.7% to 2746.61 points, the Shenzhen Composite Index - 8.4%, to 1,609 points. Bloomberg described the situation at the auction as follows: "everything that investors were afraid of, and even more."
source: bloomberg.com
