Asian stocks, euro surge on EU bond support

Tokyo Stock Exchange employees monitor the market at the bourse in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares jumped and the euro surged more than 1 percent on Friday after European leaders agreed that euro zone banks could be recapitalized without adding to government debt, soothing fears over growing credit strains in Italy and Spain. As the dollar retreated on the back of the euro's sharp rebound, dollar-based oil, copper and gold also recovered. …



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