Stocks inch up as drop in new coronavirus cases boosts confidence
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Global share markets nudged higher on Wednesday amid hopes the worst of the coronavirus in China may have passed, although prevailing uncertainty about the outbreak kept investors wary.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.9% while Chinese shares reversed early losses to trade up 0.41%.Oil futures, which have been in a downtrend since the start of the year, rose in Asia from 13-month lows due to budding optimism about the virus and hopes that..