Bank stocks add to gains, BOJ buying spurs JGBs
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fafp%2F20090317%2Fcapt.photo_1237314401121-3-0.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff leaves US Federal Court after a hearing on March 10, 2009 in New York. US prosecutors on Tuesday targeted the two sons of investment fraudster Madoff as part of a widening attempt to recover billions of stolen dollars.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/bs_nm/us_markets_global)Reuters - Asian stocks drifted higher on Wednesday as banks extended gains, while Japanese government bonds rose after the Bank of Japan sharply increased the amount of government debt it would purchase to support the economy.</p><br clear="all"/>
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