Futures tied to the S&P 500 jump, suggesting the benchmark index will open higher after its biggest one-week decline since the 2008 financial crisis
But while investors continued to grapple with the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, yields retraced some of their early declines and equity markets perked up, aided by actual or hoped-for support from central banks and governments.
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