Shanghai rebounds as Asia markets rally and investors track virus

South Korean stock brokers checking on the stock market at the Exchange Bank in Seoul, South Korea. Asian markets rallied on Tuesday (Feb 4) with Shanghai bouncing back as bargain-buyers stepped in after the previous day's rout, but trading floors remained anxious as China's coronavirus epidemic claimed more lives. - AFP

HONG KONG: Asian markets rallied on Tuesday (Feb 4) with Shanghai bouncing back as bargain-buyers stepped in after the previous day's rout, but trading floors remained anxious as China's coronavirus epidemic claimed more lives.

Investors tracked gains on Wall Street and in Europe following last week's rout, though focus remains on authorities' efforts to contain an outbreak that has now infected 20,400 and killed more in mainland China than the SARS epidemic which hammered Asian economies in 2003.