(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock index futures slid after President Donald Trump’s speech failed to assuage investors’ concerns of the novel coronavirus derailing global growth.March contracts on the S&P 500 Index were down as much as 1.1% as of 11:29 a.m. in Tokyo, after the president held a press conference to update the country on the administration’s response to the growing crisis. U.S. health authorities said they’ve identified the first case of coronavirus that doesn’t have known ties to an existing outbreak.“President Trump’s press conference was certainly intended to be a confidence builder but I don’t believe it will have much …read more
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