Asian Stocks Advance on Greek Debt Talk Progress, Toyota Profit
February 07, 2012, 7:34 PM ESTBy Sarah Jones
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a third day as Greece’s government edged closer to securing a bailout package and Toyota Motor Corp. raised its profit forecast.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.4 percent to 125.44 as of 9:06 a.m. in Tokyo. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 0.6 percent, while the broader Topix Index advanced 0.7 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index increased 0.1 percent.
--Editor: John McCluskey
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