Tokyo — Asian stocks edged up on Thursday, cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks after encouraging economic data, though 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%...

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