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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Singapore Asia Pacific World Asian shares mixed, Apple-linked firms suffer AFP - Wednesday, January 19 Send IM Story Print Asian shares mixed, Apple-linked firms suffer HONG KONG (AFP) - – Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as dealers picked up bargains after the previous day's falls, while tech plays pared early losses caused by news of Apple chief Steve Jobs's medical leave. Meanwhile currency traders were on edge because of uncertainty about talks between European finance ministers over the possible expansion of a bailout fund for troubled eurozone members. Tokyo added 0.15 percent, or 16.12 points, to end at 10,518.98 and Sydney gained 0.81 percent, or 38.7 points, to reach 4,801.8. Morning gains in Hong Kong were eroded with the index closing 2.99 points lower at 24,153.98 And Shanghai reversed earlier losses to climb 2.32 points by the close, ending at 2,708.98. However, Chinese stock gains were capped by continuing fears that Beijing will hike interest rates further to check inflation. The bumpy day followed a broad sell-off on Monday that came after Beijing hiked the amount of money banks must keep in reserve, an attempt by the government to soak up the liquidity blamed for rising prices. Eyes are on the release on Thursday of key Chinese economic data, including inflation. News that Jobs, CEO and figurehead of the iconic Apple brand responsible for the iPod, is to take more time off for medical reasons hit Asian technology firms in morning trade. Jobs, who is 55 and underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009, said he would continue as chief executive "and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company". But the announcement revived questions about Apple's future. Apple fell more than six percent on the Frankfurt bourse, while the impact on the Dow will not be known until later Tuesday as Wall Street was closed Monday for a holiday. In Tokyo, Softbank, the sole network provider for the iPhone in Japan, fell early on, but recovered to end up 0.75 percent, while Tokyo Electron also fell before ending up 0.17 percent. Kyocera ended down 0.7 percent. In Taipei Hon Hai, the parent of Foxconn that assembles several Apple products, was flat after shedding almost one percent in the morning. But rivals gained, with Sony up 0.48 percent. Kenichi Hirano, operating officer at Tachibana Securities, warned: "This (Apple news) may trigger broad profit-taking in the US equity market." On forex markets the euro was mixed amid concerns over the two-day European finance ministers' meeting that started Monday with divisions among members. The single currency clawed back earlier losses to hit $1.3315 in Tokyo afternoon trade, from $1.3292 in London late Monday, while it was flat at 109.90 yen. The dollar fetched 82.54 yen versus 82.68 yen in late London trading. Ministers are discussing increasing the European Financial Stability Facility, an emergency lending mechanism for fiscally troubled eurozone countries that was created last year in the wake of the Greek crisis. Analysts have warned the fund would be too small if bigger economies such as Spain, Italy or Belgium need help amid fears Portugal could be next to tumble into the financial abyss, causing a domino effect. "If they don't release anything new, the risk to the euro will be to the downside if anything, as investors are still concerned about the European debt problems," Minoru Shioiri, chief manager of forex trading at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, told Dow Jones Newswires. On oil markets New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February delivery, dipped 47 cents to $91.07 per barrel and Brent North Sea crude for March was up 30 cents at $97.73. Gold closed at $1,365.40-$1,366.40 an ounce in Hong Kong, marginally down from Monday's finish of $1,362.00-$1,363.00. In other markets: -- Singapore rose 0.34 percent, or 10.95 points, to 3,249.58. Property developer CapitaLand gained 0.8 percent to reach Sg$3.75 and City Developments rose 1.2 percent to Sg$12.26. -- Seoul edged down 0.16 percent, or 3.37 points, to 2,096.48. -- Taipei rose 62.91 points, or 0.70 percent, to 8,988.00. -- Jakarta rose 0.37 percent, or 12.91 points, to 3,548.64. Coal producer Bumi Resources gained 3.3 percent to 3,150 rupiah and nickel miner Inco jumped 4.3 percent to 4,825 rupiah. -- Kuala Lumpur closed down 0.28 percent, or 4.45 points, at 1,570.04. Property developer Sunway City fell 3.0 percent to 4.55 ringgit, Bursa Malaysia fell 1.1 percent to 8.83 and petroleum firm Kencana dipped 2.9 percent to 2.67. Ship building company Malaysia Marine added 1.1 percent to reach 6.50 ringgit. -- Manila 1.82 percent, or 75.57 points, to 4,072.59. Property developer Megaworld was off 6.4 percent at 2.20 pesos, Metropolitan Bank fell 2.7 percent to 63 and Manila Electric shed 5.0 percent 266. -- Wellington closed 0.31 percent, or 10.56 points, lower at 3,343.74. Fletcher Building shed 0.5 percent to NZ$7.86 and Air New Zealand fell 3.3 percent to NZ$1.45. But Telecom added 0.4 percent to NZ$2.27. -- Bangkok rose 0.13 percent, or 1.35 points, to 1,024.54. Coal giant Banpu was unchanged at 834.00, while energy firm PTT rose 1.8 percent, or 6.00 baht, to 334.00. -- Mumbai rose 1.11 percent, or 209.80 points, to 19,092.05. Indian shares rose on bargain hunting after index-heavyweights were battered by expectations of an imminent rate hike to tame inflation. The central bank meets on January 25 to decide on monetary policy. Leading software exporter TCS rose 5.48 percent, or 62.4 rupees, to 1,200.55 after it posted a better-than-expected near 30 percent rise in third quarter net profit. TCS showed consolidated net profit of 23.69 billion rupees ($526 million) for the three months to December. India's third largest software exporter Wipro rose 2.79 percent, or 13 rupees, to 479.15, ahead of its quarterly earnings on Friday. Reliance Infrastructure fell 4.53 percent, or 33.35 rupees, to 702.35 after India's regulator said Reliance Infrastructure, group firm RNRL and its chairman Anil Ambani would not be allowed to invest in India's stock markets, as part of a settlement of a long-running investigation. 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