Asia stocks climb after Wall St record, eyes on Greek talks

Asian markets advanced Monday following a record close on Wall Street, while Greece's leadership said it was confident it could hammer out a new debt deal with European creditors. In late trade Hong Kong was up 0.27 percent and Shanghai gained 0.67 percent. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will Monday meet his counterparts from the eurozone in Brussels to seek their backing for an overhaul of the austerity-laden bailout, which Athens says has crippled the economy. While it faces ster