Asian stocks race ahead on earnings recovery hopes By: MarketWatch July 20, 2009 at 05:37 AM EDT Asian stocks raced ahead Monday, sending some regional indexes to their highest finishes in several months on optimism about corporate earnings reports. Read More >> Related Stocks: Aluminum Corp of China Ltd ADR Bhp Billiton Ltd ADR China Petroleum & Chemical Corp ADR Cnooc Ltd HSBC Holdings Plc ADR Icici Bank Ltd ADR Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd KB Financial Group Inc ADR Las Vegas Sands United Overseas Bank ADR Wipro Ltd ADR