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UPDATE: Salmon farming companies take $1.4 billion hit as China media reports coronavirus link

Mowi led the plunge on the Oslo Stock Exchange as new COVID-19 findings were linked to a seafood market, including a cutting board used to process salmon.

Nervous investors fear press reports tying a new COVID-19 outbreak in China to a board used to process farmed salmon could impact companies trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Nervous investors fear press reports tying a new COVID-19 outbreak in China to a board used to process farmed salmon could impact companies trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange.Foto: Marcus Low/IntraFish
Published 15 June 2020, 16:21Updated 18 June 2020, 17:42
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