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World stocks win back ground

AFP, London
World stock markets advanced Thursday, with Asia boosted by a record new stimulus package in Japan and Europe lifted by overnight US gains before a British interest rate call and the Easter break,
Tokyo jumped 3,74 percent after the Japan\ ruling party approved a stimu lus spending plan that amounts to more than 15 4 trillion yen (154 billion dollars), or about three percent of gross domestic product.
J long Kong rallied 2.97 percent. Sydney gained I 44 percent ami Seoul closed 13 percent higher. Shanghai closed up 1.38 percent on bargain hunting.
The injection for Japan, the world's second largest economy, would be part of a wider package worth over 56.8 trillion yen when tax cuts, loan guarantees and other measures are included. the markets also took their lead from Wall Street. New York rose 0.61 percent Wednesday after two days of declines as investors appeared to hedge against a tough corporate earnings reporting season.
I he positive sentiment spilled over into Europe, when* London gained 0.74 percent and Paris added 0.78 percent in late morning trade.
"European equity markets are set to start the final session of this shortened trading week on an upbeat note after Wall Street finished in positive territory." said Jimmy Yates, head of equi lies at CMC Markets.
1 rankfurl was up 0.96 pen ent, winning an additional boost after the German government launched a takeover of troubled Hypo Real Estate bank.
I lowever, trading was expected to be muted because all three main European markets will be shut on Friday aud Monday for a four day
I aster holiday weekend.
"With a long Easter weekend on the horizon, the markets arc likely to be thin today, as many participants pack up early," said Calyon analyst Stuart Bennett.
London investors awaited an interest rate decision later Thursday from the Bank of England (BoE), which was expected by analysts to keep its key lending rate at the current record low of 0.50 percent.
Ilie central bank last month launched a twin-pronged attack on the global credit crunch by creating 75 billion pounds of new money under a quantitative easing plan and slashing borrowing costs to 0.50 percent.
"The significant item today is the (BoE) meeting and again here the focus will be on the success of the quantitative easing that we've seen so far and also what the bank is planning to do next, "Yates said.