CORRECTS CURRENCY TO EURO AGAINST YEN - Passers-by are reflected on an electronic stock board displaying the euro's quotation against the Japanese yen at a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – Asian markets rose Thursday as investors grew more comfortable with riskier assets such as stocks after the release of surprisingly strong U.S. housing figures and a pledge by the IMF to help stave off a financial crisis.


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S&P 500 climbs more than 1 percent (Reuters)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron , left and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti attend a joint press conference following their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday Jan. 18, 2012. Monti is also expected to visit the London Stock Exchange later in the day. (AP Photo/ Carl Court, Pool)Reuters – The S&P 500 rose more than 1 percent in late trading on Wednesday, hitting its highest level since July, helped by gains in financials.


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A man looks at a stock exchange board display in downtown Milan November 18, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloReuters – European stocks rose and the euro stayed under pressure on Tuesday as investors weighed the debt turmoil in the euro zone against an improved U.S. economic picture that looks set to deliver upbeat corporate results.


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The final numbers of the day's trading is shown on a board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York in this May 6, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesAP – World stock markets rose Friday, driven higher by a successful bond issue in Europe that eased worries over the continent’s sovereign debt crisis.


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CORRECTS YEAR - Security from Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park, watch as Occupy Wall Street protesters gather in the park, Tuesday, Jan.10, 2012, in New York. Barricades were removed by the owners allowing access into the park by the protesters on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP – World markets mostly rose Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. economic recovery will gather pace, helping corporate earnings and easing some of the stress generated by Europe’s debt crisis.


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A currency trader stretches in front of the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi), left, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Asian stocks rose Tuesday, tracking slight gains on Wall Street and assisted by an absence of bad financial news. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.46 percent, or 26.73 points, to close at 1,853.22. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP – Stock markets rose strongly Tuesday as investors hoped for strong corporate earnings from the U.S. and looked to a new round of talks in Berlin for progress in solving Europe’s debt crisis.


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A currency trader stretches in front of the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi), left, and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Asian stocks rose Tuesday, tracking slight gains on Wall Street and assisted by an absence of bad financial news. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.46 percent, or 26.73 points, to close at 1,853.22. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP – Stock markets rose strongly Tuesday as investors hoped for strong corporate earnings from the U.S. and looked to a new round of talks in Berlin for progress in solving Europe’s debt crisis.


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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 5, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP – World markets rose Monday, boosted by signs that German exports are picking up and a pledge by China to increase bank lending to the country’s small entrepreneurs.


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