China stocks slump 3% on Wuhan lockdown over virus outbreak

Travellers wearing face masks as they walk outside of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing. China reported a sharp rise in the number of people infected with a new coronavirus, including the first cases in the capital. The outbreak coincides with the country's busiest travel period, as millions board trains and planes for the Lunar New Year holidays. - Reuters

SHANGHAI: China stocks fell about 3% on Thursday, their biggest single-day loss in nearly nine months, as investors unloaded shares related to restaurants, cinemas, airlines and theme parks after a lockdown in the central city of Wuhan

to curb a SARS-like virus.