2011年4月21日星期四

Asian Stocks rise on Apple earnings; Aussie, or reach Records

April 20, 2011, 10: 26 pm EDT by Shiyin Chen and Satoshi Kawano

April 21 (Bloomberg)--Asian stocks rallying, the regional benchmark for lifting a maximum of six weeks, after Apple Inc. posted better profits than expected and as energy shares acquired. The Australian dollar and gold soared to records in the high price of oil concern will trigger inflation.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index jumped 0.9% at 11 h 20 138.22 in Tokyo. The Standard & Poor 500 added 0.4% index futures contracts. Oil rose 0.6% in New York, however acquired by 0.2% and silver soared to a maximum of 31 years. Australian currency and Singapore reached new highs against the US dollar, while the euro advanced to a maximum of 15 months.Equities are spread over large global gathering of the year after Apple reported second-quarter profit nearly doubled. BEC Co. has jumped to a record after the large manufacturer of polycrystalline silicon for the Korea of the South, said profit is sweeping, while Chinese banks rallied after that Citigroup Inc. forecast of higher earnings. The Thailand to the Brazil central banks raised interest rates this week, while the Federal Reserve expected to maintain stimulus in the prospects of a weak recovery in the largest economy in the world. "American companies, especially tech stocks are wear well, and which helps to create confidence,"said Mitsushige Akino, who oversees the words of 600 million dollars in assets in Tokyo at Ichiyoshi Investment Management Co.""Investors are looking to take a little more risk".More than two titles is a magnet for each that fell on Asia Pacific the MSCI Index. The MSCI World Index increased by 0.3%, after having jumped 2% yesterday, the most since November 4. The rally over the previous two days added $ 1.1 billion to the values of global stock market, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.OCI, ABN ICBCSouth Korea index gained 1.2% to a record close. Advanced Taiwan of Taiex index of 1.5%. BEC jumped 8.8% in Seoul. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. climbed to 1.4 percent in Hong Kong, stimulating a gain between Chinese lenders after Citigroup said that companies will report to an average of 27 percent in favour of the first quarter.Samsung Electronics Co. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to the pace of gains between the suppliers of Apple. Rose Apple in commerce extended after the author of the iPhone and iPads declared per share profit of $6.40 a share, beating the average estimate analyst $ 5.39 per action in a Bloomberg survey. Qualcomm Inc., a major manufacturer of mobile phone chips, has also acquired after that display profit in the second quarter topped Analyst estimates.ScorecardMorgan Stanley and General Electric Co. are among the companies expected to release quarterly results today. Earnings per share exceeded the forecasts about 75 percent of the 76 companies in the S & P 500 that have reported results since April 11, help restore investor confidence after the S & P cut its rating for debt U.S. perspectives on 18 April. The & S P 500 increased 1.4% yesterday, the largest advance in a month, then that the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to its highest level since June 2008.Energy shares sent the largest gains in Asialed by a jump of 3.7% in crude oil of Inpex Corp. has increased by 0.5% in $125.45 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, extending a jump of 2.9% yesterday which was the largest increase since March 17. Brent crude oil gained 0.4% to $124.34 per barrel on the ice Europe.Gold of future based in London for immediate delivery climbed as 0.3 per cent to a record $ 1,506.32 before once traded at $1,505.22. Advanced cash 1.2% to $45.7863 an ounce, defined for a seventh day of gains. Palladium has increased by 1.1%.Producer so-called PricesThe Aussie soared from 0.3% to $1.0743 after earlier reaching $1.0751, the highest since it was made freely float in 1983. A report of the Bureau of statistics today shows the Australia producer price index rose 1.2% in the first quarter, exceeding the median estimate of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News for a 1% increase.Singapore currency have increased by 0.1% to $1.2359 S every dollar, taken in charge by the policy of the Central Bank of favouring a strong currency to tame inflation. Thai baht reached 29.90, its best level in 2011, after the Central Bank raised interest rates yesterday for the sixth time within a year. Ringgit of Malaysia reached a record of 13 years of 3.0066 on speculation of rate increases will resume after consumer prices rose in March at the fastest pace since April 2009. "Inflation data increase the chances of a rate increase this quarter, while it is still favourable to growth,", said Mr. Suresh Kumar Ramanathan, foreign to CIMB Investment Bank Bhd. Kuala Lumpur currency strategist." "Also, the risk of intervention is lowered with Asian currencies more WINS in tandem."The dollar weakened against 14 of his 16 major peers and traded yesterday to $1.4562 per euro of $1.4523 in New York. Previously, it reached $1.4575, the lowest since January 2010. The greenback dropped to 82.34 82.56 yen yen. The Dollar Index, following the currency against those of the six major trading partners, sank 0.4% to the lowest level since August 2008.A report today is expected to show U.S., house prices fell for a fourth month, outlining the prospects for the Federal Reserve will maintain monetary stimulus, even if the central banks in Europe and Asia increase interest rates. Home to the United States prices fell 0.3% in February, the federal housing finance agency will be today, said a survey of economists by Bloomberg News.

-With the help of Anna Kitanaka and Yoshiaki Nohara in Tokyo, Candice Zachariahs in Sydney and Weiyi Lim, David Yong and Ron Harui at Singapore. Editor: Patrick Chu

To contact the reporters on this story: Shiyin Chen to Singapore to schen37@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo, at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Patrick Chu in Tokyo at the pachu@bloomberg.net


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