CEE MARKETS-Shares fall as optimism fades, currencies hold up
April 15, 2020 at 05:54 AM EDT
Central European stock markets fell on Wednesday as optimism in global markets was dampened by a further drop in oil prices and corporate earnings reports that showed the extent of economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday predicted that the global economy will shrink by 3% in 2020 - the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Buc