Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:01:27 GMT
Asia stocks rise on U.S. retail data
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, lead by better-than-forecast U.S. retail sales, pushing Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.7% up, and a rebound of Softbank Corp.'s shares in Tokyo. The Nikkei surged 1.2%, the Kospi added 0.9%, while the S&P/ASX 200 and the Hang Seng indices both advanced 0.3%. The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.5%.