UBS bucks coronavirus fears with 'specific' block trades

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UBS bucks coronavirus fears with 'specific' block trades

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An outside view of the UBS headquarters, Bahnfofstrasse in Zurich, Switzerland on October 28, 2019. A financial advisor who claimed she was subjected to gender discrimination and retaliation by UBS Financial Services and its market manager in Boston, James E. Ducey, has been awarded $1,633,019 following arbitration. Christine Carona was awarded damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs following a seven-day hearing. Photo by Francois Glories/ABACAPRESS.COM | Glories Francois/ABACA/ABACA/PA Images

Swiss bank UBS priced two block trades in companies on Thursday night, despite wider market concern over the spread of a deadly strain of coronavirus.

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