Asian stocks advance ahead of ECB decision

According to the Associated Press, Asian shares rose on Thursday after an overnight surge on U.S. markets. Investors were focused on the European Central Bank’s meeting later in the day.

"With less than four months until the expiry of the current QE program, the market is looking to the ECB to inject another boost to the market by extending the program beyond March," Jingyi Pan, a market strategist at IG in Singapore, told AP.

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