Global stocks edge up as China virus worries abate; oil drops
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets bounced back on Wednesday, even as deaths from China's new virus rose to 17, while oil prices tumbled as a market surplus forecast alleviated supply concerns. Worries about contagion of the virus and its effect on the global economy, particularly as millions travel for upcoming Lunar New Year festivities, had knocked the world's top equity markets off record peaks.Official newspaper China Daily on Wednesday said 544 cases had now been confirmed in the..