Apple shares experienced what was probably its best day ever in 2013. Shares of the tech giant Apple experienced what was probably the best day it had this year.

Despite Beijing's stimulus package, Chinese stocks still fell Thursday. Despite China's stimulus measures geared towards strengthening its flagging economy, Asian stocks dipped this Thursday.

Facebook shares rose as the company continues to see strong mobile ads earnings. Facebook posted strong stock results Wednesday. The internet giant's shares rose 19%.

iPhone sales led to 5% increase in AAPL. AAPL, the symbol by which Apple stocks were traded on the stock market, soared. This was after Apple reported higher-than-expected quarterly results.

Latest figures for Apple were released recently. According to Apple's (AAPL) most recent report, the company's third quarter fiscal revenue beat analysts' forecasts, but predicts that this quarter's revenue will settle below expectations.

‘Tiger cub’ Laffont was bullish on content but not Apple. Philippe Laffont, a hedge fund manager at Coatue Management, did not seem too optimistic when asked about his opinion of Apple.

Apple reported an increase in sales after analysts predicted a decline today. Despite a general negative outlook on Apple's future performance, Apple Inc.

Hong Kong's stock market was adversely affected by the summer lull. The summer vacation seemed to have penetrated the stock market in Hong Kong. The summer lull sent trading volumes to its lowest point Monday since September 4, 2012.

PNoy's SONA gave a boost to the Philippine stock market. The fourth State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) was recently given by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.

Analysts predict a bad performance from Apple in its third quarter earnings report. With a new product cycle currently in Apple's pipeline, strengthened expectations by consumers will push the company's stocks to even greater lengths, analysts speculated.