Thursday, July 19, 2007

Asian Stocks Rise in U.S. Trading; PetroChina, BHP Shares Climb on Oil

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks trading in the U.S. gained
for the first day this week as rising oil prices lifted energy
shares including PetroChina Co. and the Australian reported BHP
Billiton isn't interested in buying Alcoa Inc.

The Bank of New York Co.'s Asia ADR Index, tracking the
region's American depositary receipts, added 1 percent to 172.55,
snapping a three-day, 2.1 percent gain.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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