Global shares step back as hopes of early end to coronavirus fade
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Global shares eased on Friday, as investors were spooked by a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases in China this week while oil prices extended gains on hopes of more production cuts.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.08% with South Korea's Kospi falling 0.25% while Japan's Nikkei slid 0.67%.U.S. stock futures shed 0.07% in Asia, after the S&P 500 lost 0.16%.China's Hubei province on Friday reported 4,823 new cases, well above the..