KUALA LUMPUR: Global equities continued their advance on hopes that the coronavirus outbreak was being brought under control even as buying interest returned to the oil and gas sector.
Asian markets were mostly higher as some risk appetite returned to equities. China's benchmark index was 0.4% higher while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.4%.
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