European stocks sink at open on renewed virus fears

European stocks opened sharply lower Monday, mirroring losses elsewhere, as investors eyed the lifting of most Covid curbs in England and fretted over the spreading Delta variant. In initial deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 1.2 percent to 6,926.70 points after the UK government lifted England’s daily pandemic curbs despite soaring infection rates. In […]

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