Asian shares gain after solid U.S. data, China edges up
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged up on Thursday, cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks after encouraging economic data, although investors kept a wary eye on the developments in the coronavirus outbreak.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 1.14% while Japan's Nikkei rose 2.07%.Mainland Chinese shares edged up, with the bluechip CSI300 index up 0.87%, helped by policymakers' efforts to prevent heavy selling, including liquidity injections and de..