Dec 21, 2020: European stock markets plunged at the open Monday and the pound was sharply lower against the dollar as a new highly infectious strain of coronavirus found in Britain sent traders running for cover.

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index was down around 2.0 percent, while eurozone indices crashed 2.0-3.0 percent — with trade impacted also by Britain and the EU failing again to reach a post-Brexit trade.

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