Micro impact of new variant?


Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd head of equity sales Vincent Lau (pic) says that there could be some overreaction by investors.

ONCE again the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant is wreaking havoc on the financial markets, albeit of a smaller magnitude.

Last March, the pandemic swept through financial markets, resulting in a massive selldown.

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