Market capital value of Europe's largest banks since the Coronavirus 2020

First reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has hit the financial markets hard during 2020. Some of Europe's largest banks, HSBC and banco Santander have seen market capitalization values almost half between December 31st and October 31st 2020. The end of October saw a number of banks slump from the previous month after what appeared to be the start of a turnaround during June.

As of September 2, 2020, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been confirmed in over 210 countries or territories. The virus had infected almost 25.9 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled almost 862 thousand. The most severely affected countries include the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico.