Global shares slump on China virus economic concerns, gold gains

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets headed towards their first monthly loss since August on Friday as growing concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China sapped risk appetite and lifted the safe-haven Japanese yen and Swiss franc.Gold headed to its best month in five, while yields on U.S. and euro zone government debt fell to three-month lows as the United States, Japan and other countries tightened travel curbs to China, where the death toll from the virus..