Asia: Stocks and oil rally as nations begin to slowly reopen

Dealers were keeping tabs on China-US relations after Donald Trump hit out at Beijing over its handling of the outbreak, saying it began in a Wuhan lab, but so far offering no evidence.

Beijing has not officially responded to the comments, though state broadcaster CCTV hit out at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who repeated the lab claim. CCTV described him as"evil" and"wantonly spewing poison".Stephen Innes of AxiCorp said:"It remains to be seen if equity market weakness was a bump in the road or the start of something more sinister as coronavirus blame-game and a looming US presidential election are a toxic recipe for US-China relations.

The easing of restrictions was providing a much-needed boost to oil markets, which endured a torrid April, with signs of a pick-up in demand helped by massive output cuts by key producers that are beginning to kick in.

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