Asian stocks rise after Wall Street gains, oil surges
BEIJING — Asian stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street posted modest gains on deal reports and turmoil in Saudi Arabia sent crude prices surging. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 percent to 22,729.23 and the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.6 percent to 3,406.57. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.9 percent to 28,868.82 and Sydney’s