Global shares slid on Monday after a raft of Chinese economic indicators showed a surprisingly sharp slowdown in the engine of global growth, just as much of the world race to stem the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 with vaccinations. A 10-day run of gains for European stocks …
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World stock markets jumped on Monday, encouraged by a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths and new cases, though a delay in talks between Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut supply sent oil tumbling again. Equity investors were encouraged as the death toll from the virus slowed across major European nations including …
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