European markets made a mixed start Thursday despite the European Central Bank launching a 750 billion euro (around $821 billion) bond-buying program designed to help the region's economy through the coronavirus outbreak.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 slid 0.3% below the flatline at the start of the trading session, with basic resources falling 3% to lead losses while telecoms climbed 1.7%
On Wednesday, the European Central Bank announced a new "Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme" that will use €750 billion to purchase securities to help support the European economy.
"The ECB will ensure that all sectors of the economy can benefit from supportive financing conditions that enable them to absorb this shock," the central bank said in a release. "This applies equally to families, firms, banks and governments. The Governing Council will do everything necessary within its mandate."
So far, markets have not been impressed with government pledges to tackle the virus. Global stocks fell Wednesday despite Western governments promising to unleash billions of dollars to help businesses and citizens get through the coronavirus pandemic.
So far, there are over 218,000 confirmed cases of the virus worldwide and at least 8,800 lives have been taken by the disease, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes fell early Thursday morning, signaling another day of declines for Wall Street.
As of 1:08 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 775 points lower, implying an opening drop of 671.92 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures also pointed to lower opens for the two indexes, though futures contracts trading can change rapidly overnight.
The moves followed yet another violent day on Wall Street on Wednesday as investors swung back to pessimism after Tuesday's 6% bounce.
Stocks in Asia Pacific lost their earlier upward momentum in Thursday trade as fears over the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on investor sentiment.
Earnings come from Lufthansa, Ocado and Enel. There are no major data releases Thursday.
— CNBC's Thomas Franck and Eustance Huang contributed reporting to this story.
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