Asia stocks climb sharply with techs strong By: MarketWatch July 18, 2012 at 21:22 PM EDT Stocks climb sharply across Asia, as investors swing back to hoping for an improvement in the global economy. Read More >> Related Stocks: Advantest Corp Alps Alpine CO Ltd Bhp Billiton Ltd ADR Fujitsu Ltd ADR Hitachi Ltd Ord Inpex Holdings Inc Komatsu Ltd Renesas Electronics Corp Rio Tinto Plc ADR Samsung Electronics Ltd Santos Ltd Showa Shell Oil Ltd Woodside Energy Group Ltd