Factbox: Coronavirus hits demand for oil, energy


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: A passenger wearing a mask walk outside the Shanghai railway station in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

(Reuters) - A fast-spreading coronavirus in China has sent shockwaves through global commodity markets, prompting OPEC and its allies to consider deepening crude supply curbs and Asia's largest oil refiner to slash over a tenth of its output.

MARKETS EXPECT REDUCED OIL DEMAND

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