S.Korea animal drug makers rally after virus-infected dog found in Hong Kong

CHEIL BIO Co

28/02/2020 02:50

** Shares of South Korea's animal drug makers rally after
Hong Kong confirms a pet dog has been infected with the new
coronavirus 
    ** Hong Kong authorities say they have quarantined a pet dog
of a coronavirus patient after its nasal and oral samples tested
"weak positive" for the virus  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2AR71Z
    ** Shares of Eagle Veterinary Technology  044960.KQ  and
Cheil Bio  052670.KQ  rise 5% and 13%, respectively
    ** The benchmark KOSPI  .KS11  and the junior KOSDAQ  .KQ11 
were trading down more than 2.5% each, as of 0244 GMT

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