Sunday, July 1, 2007

Asian Stocks Climb, Paced by Woodside, Mitsui; Mitsubishi Estate Drops

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a third day, led
by energy-related shares, after declining U.S. fuel stockpiles and
attempted car bombings in the U.K. lifted the price of crude oil
to a 10-month high.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia's second-largest oil
producer, advanced to its highest in a week. Mitsui & Co., a
Japanese trading company that generated almost 15 percent of last
year's revenue from energy, jumped by the most in two months.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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