A man monitors shares trading on electronic screens in Kuala Lumpur, 2009. Asian markets mostly climbed, with hopes rising for a new round of stimulus from the US and European central banks, but ... more 

A man monitors shares trading on electronic screens in Kuala Lumpur, 2009. Asian markets mostly climbed, with hopes rising for a new round of stimulus from the US and European central banks, but profit-taking reversed earlier gains in Hong Kong less