European stock index futures slide as coronavirus damage grows
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(Reuters) - European stock index futures fell more than 3% on Wednesday as dismal economic data from Asia underlined the damage to the economy from the coronavirus pandemic and fanned fears of a deep global recession.Figures on Wednesday showed factory activity contracting across most of Asia in March as the outbreak paralysed supply chains, with sharp falls in export power-houses Japan and South Korea.Euro Stoxx 50 futures tumbled 3.3% at 0601 GMT following a rebound this week that was powered..