Asian stocks rise after Spain, Italy hold successful bond issues

BANGKOK - Asian stock markets rose Friday, driven higher by a successful bond issue in Europe that eased worries over the continent's sovereign debt crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 1 per cent to 8,471.55 and South Korea's Kospi index added 0.6 per cent at 1,875.68. Hong Kong's Hang Seng inde