Asian shares rise
Friday, 22 April 2011
HONG KONG, Apr 21 (AFP): Asian stocks rallied for a second straight day on Thursday, with dealers buoyed by another batch of strong earnings in the United States and a jump on Wall Street to a near three-year high.
Technology firms were boosted after Apple said its profits almost doubled in the three months to the end of March, which followed solid results from Intel, Yahoo! and IBM.
Tokyo gained 0.82 per cent, or 78.95 points, to 9,685.77 and Hong Kong ended 1.01 per cent, or 242.21 points, higher at 24,138.31.