Stock figures are displayed on screens at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: KIYOSHI OTA/BLOOMBERG
But investors turned cautious after China said the death count rose to 25 from the coronavirus, with 830 confirmed cases as of Thursday and as Chinese authorities placed two cities on lockdown to contain the virus.
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