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Apple shares climb above US 500 Asian stocks set for modest gains

Article By: ,  Financial Analyst
February 13, 2012 10:30 PM

Asian stocks are set for modest gains when trading resumes today. Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial average was 0.6% higher while the S&P500 added 0.7%.

Shares in Apple climbed above US$500 for the first time, a sign that the market is starting to price in the full extent of last quarter’s earnings release which blew market expectations away.

Risk assets were mostly higher with the exception of copper and gold which were mostly flat. Copper was last at US$3.84/lb while gold settled slightly above US$1721.

The Australian dollar is now back above 1.07 comfortably against the US dollar, last trading at 1.0728.

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s Assistant Governor Guy Debelle came out this morning Asian time to discuss funding pressures facing the Australian banks. He notes a rise in margins over benchmark rates in recent months but there has been a narrowing in recent days which should please investor nerves.

Australian banks sold around A$17 billion in covered bonds so far this year at spreads of between 170 and 210 basis points ts over benchmark, compared to spreads of just 127 basis points for senior unsecured debt in mid-2011. Spreads have recently fallen back to around 140 basis points.

In other currencies, the Euro gave away some of yesterday’s gains to last trade at 1.3188. The Bank of Japan is stuck between a rock and a hard place, with yesterday’s economic growth numbers showing the full extent the high currency is having on exports, particularly as European weakens.

The US dollar was last buying 77.59 against the yen, higher than the rate experienced over the past few weeks but still not high enough for Japanese multinationals.

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