Online games and short video apps have shown a marketed increase in profits due to the coronavirus outbreak.
That's after thousands of Chinese nationals stuck in self-quarantine at home have resorted to them for entertainment.
Weekly downloads for ByteDance's Xigua video app has seen a 77 per cent jump between January 20 and 26, after it announced streaming the premiere of Lost in Russia for free.
Popular health and fitness apps, which livestreams fitness classes, have also seen their revenue surge by 15 per cent for the week, while Pingan Good Doctor saw downloads jump 1,186 per cent.
Investors have also seized on the trend, with shares of Chinese game publisher Tencent showing a 2 per cent jump on Tuesday, while New York, NetEase rose nearly 3 per cent.
US-listed shares in Chinese video platform Bilibili increased, so did shares of search engine Baidu and e-commerce giant Alibaba.
Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance has been sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US laws against money laundering at the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.
Emirates Airline has announced significant changes to its pilot recruitment strategy, which includes higher salaries, new roles and a radical change to eligibility.
Supermarket chain Spinneys has announced its decision to increase the number of shares allocated to the UAE Retail Offering of its IPO due to high demand.
The disbursement of $1.1 billion by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help Pakistan achieve greater economic stability, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, amid discussions for a new loan programme.