Shares in Milan-based Banco BPM, Italy's third-largest bank rooted in Lombardy, fell nearly 7%.
More than 200 people have come down with the virus since Friday, latest data showed, the vast majority of them in the wealthy northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto.
Almost a dozen towns in Lombardy southeast of Italy's financial capital Milan, with a combined population of nearly 50,000 have been placed under effective quarantine, with similar measures in place for a small town in neighbouring Veneto. Shares in Milan-based Banco BPM, Italy's third-largest bank rooted in Lombardy, fell nearly 7%. Analysts have warned that the outbreak could shunt Italy's already fragile economy back into recession.
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