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Around $3 trillion has been wiped off the value of global shares this week, as investors fear the consequences of the spread of the coronavirus. European markets plunged at the open of trading this Thursday. Also today, workers at carmaker PSA get a bonus after the company reported record profits for 2019.

Tarek Fadlallah, chief executive officer of the Middle East unit of Nomura Asset Management, talks about international investors' participation in U.A.E. and Saudi Arabian markets, and the outlook for Saudi stocks. He speaks with Manus Cranny and Tracy Alloway on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East."

Three civilians are dead and eight wounded after two female suicide bombers suspected to have been operating for Boko Haram launched an attack on the town of Mafa in northeast Nigeria. Boko Haram has been waging a 10-year insurgency in northeast Nigeria that has seen it repeatedly use female suicide bombers to attack soft targets such as mosques, markets and bus stations.

The rand is scrambling but keeps slipping as it gets caught up in major global conflicts. China has retaliated with a currency move in the trade wars, Boris Johnson is set to go ahead with no-deal Brexit and U.S markets are still left reeling from the Fed rate cut. What does all this mean for the currency market? Joining me in studio for more is Andre Cilliers, Director & Currency/Markets Expert, TreasuryONE.

Timothy Moe, chief Asia-Pacific equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, discusses China markets and earnings expectations.

Jan Loeys, head of global asset allocation at JPMorgan, discusses the impact from the White House on markets.

Bloomberg's Tracy Alloway gives you the top First Word headlines on "Bloomberg Markets: Middle East." Watch continued coverage on Bloomberg Television for more on issues surrounding oil, investment, and markets.

The interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria continue in the country's foreign market with the apex bank recently selling 280 million dollars across the markets to meet dollar demand.

Sean Darby, chief global equity strategist at Jefferies, discusses the U.S. election and its impact on the markets.

Experts examine the historic behavior of markets leading up to U.S. presidential elections and how current markets are performing during Donald Trump's campaign.