OIL DROPS TO ITS LOWEST SINCE JANUARY

HIGHLIGHTS

• Oil prices drop for a fifth day to their lowest since January 2019.
• West Texas Intermediate futures were down by 80 cents, or 1.6%, to $47.93 a barrel.
• On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump guaranteed Americans that the risk from coronavirus remained very low.

Brent crude fell 77 cents or 1.4% at $52.66 a barrel. The contract earlier went down to its l....