TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro was on the back foot on Monday, as concerns mounted about weakening economic growth in Europe at a time financial markets and policymakers fret about a new threat to the global economy from a fast spreading coronavirus in China.

SHANGHAI, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China’s auto market, the world’s largest, is likely to see sales slide more than 10% in the first half of the year due to the coronavirus epidemic, the country’s top auto industry body told Reuters on Friday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares stepped back from three-week highs on Monday as investors weighed the near-term hit on global growth from a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak in China, although expectations of further policy stimulus helped stem losses.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged lower on Monday as investors brace for economic data in Asia due this week that should give a reading on how China’s coronavirus epidemic has affected oil demand.

Malaysian rubber scientists’ innovative rubber coagulation process scores a world’s first in road construction while helping rubber smallholders.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices were steady on Friday but are set for their first weekly gain in six weeks on the assumption major producers will implement deeper output cuts to offset slowing demand in China, the world’s second-largest crude user.