TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held firm on Tuesday after a key U.S. manufacturing survey showed a surprise recovery, while concerns about a widening coronavirus outbreak in China kept the yuan and the Australian dollar subdued.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A fragile calm gripped Asian shares on Tuesday as investors waited anxiously to see if Beijing could stem the rout in Chinese assets, while oil hit 13-month lows as the coronavirus throttled demand in the world’s biggest importer of fuel.

The Shanghai International Energy Exchange on Sunday announced to temporarily suspend the nighttime trading of crude oil futures and natural rubber futures for the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus.

MUMBAI: Global natural rubber output is likely to hit a record 14.285 million tonnes this year, up 3.8% from a year ago, boosted by an expansion in area under cultivation, the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) said on Monday.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) is happy to release its Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics Aug - Dec 2019.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s factory activity expanded at its slowest pace in five months in January, even as an outbreak of a new virus added to risks facing the world’s second-largest economy, a private survey showed on Monday.