Singapore/New York — Asian stocks drifted lower on Tuesday as worries about increasing Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns overshadowed optimism about the rollout of coronavirus vaccinations.

Markets showed little reaction to China’s industrial output, which grew in line with expectations in November, expanding for an eighth straight month as an economic recovery gathered pace...

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