Markets up in Asia

Bullish trend prevails at Asian stocks on Thursday as expectations go up for Europes financial recovery triggering a rise in shares purchase. Asia Pacific MSCI Index gained 1.7 percent.During trading Japans Nikkei Index gained 2.18 percent and Topix Index is up by 1.62 percent.Hang Seng added over 300 points.Meanwhile, gold is down in the international markets as gold rates per ounce stood at $ 1,237.80 with a decrease of $5.30 per ounce.