Australian stock market falls more than 2% over coronavirus impact

The Australian stock market opened 2.2% down on Monday morning, marking the seventh straight trading day of losses as the coronavirus spreads.

The S&P/ASX200 index was 144.2 points down at the start of trade on Monday.

The decline means the ASX has now gone down over 10% in the last seven trading days.

The Australian dollar was at its lowest point in a decade on Monday morning, buying 64.69 US cents.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/02/australian-stock-market-falls-more-than-2-over-coronavirus-impact

The ASX has tanked about 10% over the last week wiping off more than $240bn in value.

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