Ebola infecting global market, airlines hardest hit
Concern about the disease has started to affect investor psychology, contributing to a 17% decline in airline stocks
New York
EBOLA has gone from blip to bogey on the market radar.
Concern about the deadly disease has started to affect investor psychology, contributing to a 17 per cent decline in airline stocks and spurring intermittent plunges in broader averages. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 1.2 per cent in an hour on Oct 13 following reports that plane passengers in Boston were hospitalised with flu-like symptoms.
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