Asia stocks rise as trade optimism extends Wall Street's bull run

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Thursday as Wall Street hit record highs in the hope that the current North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations will lead to a further easing of global trade tensions.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan nudged up 0.1 percent.Australian stocks added 0.15 percent, and Japan's Nikkei rose to a three-month high, last trading up 0.45 percent. South Korea's KOSPI was little changed. U.S. shares extended their rally on..