Stocks gain as China cuts tariffs, investors look beyond virus

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Stock markets across the world gained on Thursday, helped by record highs on Wall Street and a move by China to halve tariffs on some U.S. goods as investors bet that the global economy would avoid long-term damage from the coronavirus. Momentum from Wall Street spilled from Asia into European markets, gathering pace as investors assessed prospects for help to the global economy in the form of government stimulus and looser policy from central banks. Europe's STOXX 600 ..