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The energy sector has been the worst performing sector of 2020, no thanks to an oversupply of oil and natural gas that has depressed commodity prices.

More than 50 people in Zambia have been killed in mob violence in response to a spate of poision spray attacks, President Edgar Lungu said on Friday, blaming church leaders for encouraging some of the reprisals.

At a face mask factory just outside the South Korean capital of Seoul, workers are churning out 300,000 masks a day - and it's still not enough.

Emerging market stocks fell on Friday, on track to end a four-session rally, as the aggressive spread of the coronavirus threatened to deepen a global economic downturn.

(RTTNews) - JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (JKS) said, for fiscal 2019, the company now expects total solar module shipments to be in the range of 14.3 GW to 14.4 GW, updated from prior guidance range of 14.0 GW to 14.2 GW.

(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks were deep in the red on Friday as coronavirus fears continued to dent sentiment. So far, a total of 97,852 infections have been confirmed worldwide, and more than 3,300 people have been killed by the virus.

Tension flared at Greece's mainland border with Turkey early on Friday as volleys of tear gas were fired from the Turkish side of the fence towards Greek border guards.

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) said it plans to cut its workforce to below 8,000 by 2022, a sharper reduction than previously flagged, after it reported on Friday a 23% dip in pre-exceptional full year profits before tax.

Poste Italiane has upgraded its targets for 2020 revenue and profit after beating analyst expectations on last year's results.

South Africa's rand traded slightly firmer early on Friday, recovering from a sharp dip in the previous session after the country confirmed its first case of coronavirus.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 114 point lower on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 down 1.8% ahead of the cash market open.

The Russian rouble firmed on Friday, rising off a 14-month low against the dollar reached on Thursday, but falling oil prices and uncertainty over coronavirus continued to weigh heavily on risk assets ahead of a crucial OPEC+ meeting.

(RTTNews) - Shares of federated network and logistics technology solutions provider The Descartes Systems Group Inc (DSGX) were up $2.55 or 6.37% on Thursday after the company's fourth-quarter earnings beat estimates.

German industrial orders surged in January on bumper aerospace and mechanical engineering bookings, the Federal Statistics Office said on Friday, giving the manufacturing sector a big boost at the start of a quarter marred by the coronavirus.

Norway's Elkem, a supplier of silicone and silicon materials, has temporarily closed its head office in Oslo after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, the company said on Friday.

Airbus is battling to shore up support for its A330neo wide-body passenger jet as the coronavirus crisis, geopolitics and trade wars raise fresh questions over demand for the aircraft, industry sources said.

China stocks post their biggest weekly advance in a year even as they slipped on Friday, tracking losses in overseas markets, as investors expected more policy support to shore up the world's second-largest economy hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

AstraZeneca Plc said on Friday its combination treatment for a form of bladder cancer failed to meet the main goal of improving overall survival in patients with an advanced form of the disease in a late-stage study.

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced job cuts at its retail distribution and financial planning business on Friday, and while the bank did not specify how jobs would be cut, a union said 230 would be lost.

Germany's BASF, Finland's Fortum and Russia's Nornickel on Friday said they signed an agreement to map out a battery recycling cluster in Finland to cater the electric vehicle market.