TOKYO: Most Asian shares fell on Tuesday a day after Wall Street's historic market rout, with fleeting initial gains evaporating as the coronavirus remained a major risk to economic growth.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gave up early gains to trade 0.43% lower. Japan's Nikkei stock index slid 2.79% and South Korea's KOSPI was off 3.2%. Australian shares were up 0.5% although this followed a massive plunge of almost 10% on Monday.
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