Asia stocks tiptoe higher in quiet trade By: MarketWatch December 23, 2012 at 21:47 PM EST Asia stocks edge higher in thin holiday-week volume, with banks and gold miners among the outperformers as most major markets prepare to go on break. Read More >> Related Stocks: Agricultural Bank of China Apple China Construction Bank Corp China Merchants Bank Ltd Evolution Mining Ltd HSBC Holdings Plc ADR Kingsgate Cons NL Newcrest Mining Ltd Samsung Electronics Ltd Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd