SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks were near a weekly gain on Friday and the Nikkei charged to a record high, riding a rally from its global counterparts after a surprise rate cut from the Swiss National Bank had investors wagering who could be next. The SNB's 25 basis point rate cut on Thursday proved a shot in the arm for...

* Brazil cuts rates by 50 bps, may change course after May * Mexico central bank cuts rates to 11% * Turkey's surprise rate hike boosts bonds, the lira * Colombia central bank decision due Friday (Updated at 4pm ET/2000 ET) By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal March 21 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso recouped some of the day's losses...

* TSX ends up 0.2% at 22,087.26 * Eclipses March 2022 record closing high * Financials advance 0.6% * Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ) drops on earnings miss (Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith March 21 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose to a record high closing level on Thursday, helped by gains for heavily-weighted financial shares, as...

SINGAPORE, March 22 (Reuters) - Asian stocks were near a weekly gain on Friday and the Nikkei charged to a record high, riding a rally from its global counterparts after a surprise rate cut from the Swiss National Bank had investors wagering who could be next. The SNB's 25 basis point rate cut on Thursday proved a shot in the...