U. S. and European equity futures and Asian stocks fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he and the first Melania Trump had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Trade in Asia was limited, with Shanghai and Hong Kong markets closed. The Nikkei 225 index lost strong initial gains, losing 0. 8% to 22,999. 75 after the Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed operations after a one-day outage due to a technical failure.
Reports that the Japanese government is preparing new stimulus measures to help the economy from a prolonged slowdown exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic have provided only a boost of transitority.
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