Apple and gold spur Asia stocks, currencies By: MarketWatch April 21, 2011 at 05:10 AM EDT Asian markets end higher as technology stocks are cheered by Apple Inc.’s results and as commodity producers rose on a rally in crude-oil and gold prices. Read More >> Related Stocks: Apple Cnooc Ltd HXSCF Inpex Corp Newcrest Mining Ltd ADR PetroChina Rio Tinto Plc ADR Samsung Electronics Ltd Softbank Corp Ord Taiwan Semiconductor ADR Toshiba Corp Woodside Energy Group Ltd Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd