higher. interestingly today, share prices weren t being hurt by reassurances either that the the european central bank is not about to raise interest rates. the markets are trading down. but only slightly. ftse 100 down .08% so far. andrew? let s look at what s going on here in asia. apple and ibm stock earnings sending tech shares in this part of the world pretty much higher. all the major markets finishing with gains. some of the tech stand-outs were in tokyo and taiwan. in tokyo, high that chi . shanghai, up by nearly 2% today.