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(RTTNews) - German stocks declined on Monday as coronavirus worries persisted and Irish nationalists Sinn Fein secured almost a quarter of first-preference in a general election.

A stronger U.S. dollar dragged down the euro and the pound to their lowest levels in months as investors expected the U.S. economy to remain resilient to the spread of the coronavirus across the world, with payroll data from last week reinforcing traders' optimism.

London's FTSE 100 slipped on Monday after Britain declared the coronavirus epidemic a serious and imminent threat to public health, though preliminary takeover approaches pushed up shares in troubled healthcare company NMC by 14%.

The International Tennis Federation is still opposed to on-court coaching outside of team competitions but the world governing body will use data from a WTA Tour trial this year to revisit the issue, ITF President David Haggerty has said.

Taiwan's air force scrambled for a second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by Beijing as its own, as tensions between the two took on a potentially dangerous military dimension.

General Motors said on Monday it would restart production in China from Feb. 15 amid the coronavirus epidemic in China.

(RTTNews) - Asian stocks fell broadly on Monday as worries about coronavirus outweighed the boost from strong U.S. employment data.

Eight-year-old Musa and her older sister Moleboheng trudged down the ravine with buckets and drum bottles to fetch water from a filthy stream because they were thirsty and tired of waiting for trucks meant to deliver emergency water that never showed up.

London's FTSE 100 weakened on Monday after Britain declared the coronavirus epidemic a serious and imminent threat to public health, though reports of takeover bids pushed up shares of troubled healthcare company NMC 18%.

Shopping centre operator Intu said on Monday it was in talks with its largest shareholder John Whittaker's Peel Group and new investors including Hong Kong-based Link Real Estate Investment Trust to raise funds to shore up its balance sheet.

Shares in biotech company Novacyt, which is launching a coronavirus test, surged on Monday to extend previous big gains made this year on investor hopes it could win regulatory approval for its coronavirus test product.

NMC Health said on Monday it has received two preliminary approaches from private equity firms and that the shareholdings of its co-chair and two other major investors were under a review for inaccurate disclosures.

Dubai's benchmark stock index rose on Monday, led by gains in industrial and financial firms, while Qatar slipped on weakness in shares of the country's top lender, which traded ex-dividend.

China stocks closed higher for a fifth straight session on Monday as workers trickled back to offices and factories after the government eased some restrictions on working, while hopes of steps by Beijing to support its economy also aided sentiment.

German software company TeamViewer said on Monday it expected revenue and core profit to grow by about a third this year as it targets more higher-paying customers with its remote connectivity products, lifting its shares more than 4%.

Gathered in a German mountain castle last November for an evening retreat that ended with a whiskey-tasting, rebel European Central Bank policymakers and Christine Lagarde, their newly confirmed president, made a pact.

Roche's experimental drug gantenerumab failed to slow cognitive decline in people with a rare inherited form of Alzheimer's disease, the latest setback for companies hunting for a cure for the devastating brain-wasting disease.

Turkey has reduced the range and the levels of fees and commissions that banks can charge clients, according to central bank and banking watchdog regulations announced on Monday.

(RTTNews) - European stocks look set to open on a cautious note on Monday after the head of the World Health Organization said the thousands of coronavirus cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the epidemic, is likely "just the tip of the iceberg."

Dubai's biggest lender Emirates NBD started marketing on Monday five-year bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, a document showed.