Asian stocks ride Wall Street rally, oil extends gains

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday in the wake of solid gains in U.S. markets overnight, while the Japanese yen briefly strengthened after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan. Oil extended gains in Asian trading with U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) up 0.73 percent in early deals as the dollar pulled back. Comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin that raised expectations major oil producing countries could reach a deal to limit output at a meeting next week also spurred the jump in oil p