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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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City Staff

FTSE 100 Live: Stocks weaken on China’s Covid surge, Compass posts results

A surge in Covid cases in China today fuelled stock market worries about tighter restrictions in the world’s second largest economy.

Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks were sharply lower, with the Hang Seng down by 3% at one stage on Monday.

Today’s session in London includes results from catering giant Compass and FTSE 250-listed lender Virgin Money.

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