Hong Kong/New York — Asian stocks markets fell on Tuesday as soaring global coronavirus cases and slow progress on a US stimulus deal hammered investor sentiment and took a toll on Wall Street.

MSCI’s gauge of Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan was down 0.43%, with Australia’s ASX 200 off 1.1% to an almost three-week low...

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