India, Feb. 18 -- The euro fell sharply against its major counterparts in the European session on Tuesday, as German investor sentiment worsened in February to the weakest since November last year, citing worries about the coronavirus outbreak in China.

Survey results from the ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research showed that the investor confidence indicator slumped to 8.7 from 26.7 in January. The February reading was much worse than the 21.5 economists had expected.

For Eurozone, the investor confidence index dropped sharply to 10.4 from 25.6 in January. Economists had forecast a reading of 30 for the month.

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