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Stocks steady after plunge due to outbreak, oil-price crash

by AP Business Writer
| March 9, 2020 9:30 PM

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets took a breather from recent steep declines on Tuesday, with several regional benchmarks gaining more than 1% after New York futures reversed on news that President Donald Trump plans to ask Congress for a tax cut and other quick measures to ease the pain of the virus outbreak.

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