Banks beat stress-test jitters, lift Asian markets By: MarketWatch May 06, 2009 at 05:56 AM EDT Asian markets end mostly higher Wednesday as upbeat results from regional banks and a strong performance report from Standard Chartered outweigh nervousness. Read More >> Related Stocks: Bank of America Boral Ltd ADR Citic Pacific ADR Dow Jones Industrial Average (EOD) HSBC Holdings Plc ADR Oversea-Chinese ADR Standard Chartered Plc United Overseas Bank ADR Westpac Banking Corp ADR