Good morning: Shares in Hong Kong fell overnight as traders returned after the lunar new year. The benchmark Hang Seng index fell 2.4 per cent amid fears about the economic impact of the coronavirus. As Alex Ralph explains in this morning’s edition, months of damaging protests have already tipped Hong Kong into recession. Here in London the budget airline Wizz Air has reported that revenues rose 24.6 per cent to €637.3million in the three months to the end of December. On the back of the better-than-expected results Wizz Air has nudged City profit forecasts higher, raising its net profits guidance to a range of between €350million and €355million for
Source: The Times January 29, 2020 09:00 UTC