Premier Partners Group: Shares in Apple rose more than 5% in after-hours trading, after the tech giant announced earnings of $7.3 billion for the last quarter. Revenue was more than $28 billion for the same period. The revenue came from higher sales of the companies I-Phones and I-Pad, with 20 million I-Phones shifted in that period.

Premier Partners Group: All US exchanges rose more than 1.5% yesterday, after President Obama indicated progress on the US debt ceiling talks. The markets were also buoyed by IBM’s impressive earnings report, causing the DJIA to rise by 1.63%. The NASDAQ was up more than 2.2% Tuesday, it’s best result since October 2010.