European shares scale record even as coronavirus shows no signs of peaking
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LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - European shares touched record highs on Friday as investors digested whether China's coronavirus outbreak would cause long-lasting damage to global economy. Europe's broad Euro STOXX 600 clawed up 0.1% to follow Asian markets higher in choppy early trading, even as indexes in Paris and London both fell 0.2%. In both cases, corporate results weighed, with a 5% fall for AstraZeneca dragging London shares down as the drugmaker said it would take a hit from the..