U.S. S&P500 e-mini futures fell more than 1% in Asian trade on Monday on mountin...
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
TOKYO - U.S. S&P500 e-mini futures ESc1 fell more than 1% in Asian trade on Monday on mounting worries the new coronavirus outbreak could severely disrupt the Chinese economy, an engine of global growth. China’s cabinet said it would extend the week-long Lunar New Year holiday by three days to Feb. 2 and Hong Kong banned residents of China’s Hubei province, where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported, from entering the city.
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