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Amazon.com Inc. and chip stocks weighed down the tech sector on Friday, but the group got a lift from rising shares of Facebook Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple Inc.Amazon (AMZN) reported results that beat Wall Street estimates, but analysts noted signs of slower growth. That was enough to sink the stock, which shed 7.2% to close at $254.81, though some analysts remained upbeat about the company's direction."We continue to see the company benefiting from the secular shifts of retail, advertising, computing power and infrastructure moving to the Internet/Cloud," Topeka Capital analyst Victor Anthony said in a note.Meanwhile, chip stocks headed south, weighing down the tech sector. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) was down 1.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) gave up a fraction to close at 3,279. The benchmark ended the week up 2.3%.Among the top chip decliners was KLA-Tencor (KLAC), whose shares were down 6.8% to close at $52.11. The semiconductor capital equipment...
Gains from eBay Inc. continued to stand out in the tech sector Thursday, and Intel Corp. was among a slate of advancers among semiconductor stocks, ahead of its quar...
Shares of the Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSE:SMH) are higher by over three percent today on volume that is already close to the daily average after Goldman S...
Al Frank Asset Management CIO John Buckingham and ProShares Head of Capital Markets Stephen Sachs on the outlook for the markets in the year ahead.
KLA-Tencor Corp. shares rose 2.4%, to $47.35 Monday as RBC Capital Markets analyst Mahesh Sanganeria raised his rating on the chip-equipment maker to outperfrom from...
Technology stocks slipped early Wednesday, as shares of chip-equipment makers declined on news that Samsung is cutting its capital expenses in 2013. Shares of Lam Re...
Today, these stocks are down on high volume:Cummins (NYSE:CMI) was down on high volume after trading at a volume of 2.7 million, or 1.5 its average daily volume. Sha...
Shares of KLA-Tencor Corp. fell more than 3% to $51.08 on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank cut its rating on the semiconductor capital equipment company's stock to sell from h...
Tech stocks put in a mixed early trading performance Tuesday, with Lexmark International Inc. in the spotlight. Lexmark shares rose almost 13%, to $21.43, after the ...
Last quarter KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:KLAC) topped estimates by 18 cents per share, and it is scheduled to report again on Thursday.ExpectationsAnalysts currently expect K...
KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:KLAC) said its board has approved a 14% increase in its quarterly cash dividend.The Milpitas, Calif.-based maker of process control and yield mana...
Today, these stocks are down on high volume:Trading with volume of 9.9 million, or two its average daily volume, Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) saw its price drop on above-n...
A few stocks are down on high volume today:The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was down on high volume, trading with volume of 28 million, or 2.2 its average dail...
Amazon.com Inc. and chip stocks weighed down the tech sector on Friday, but the group got a lift from rising shares of Facebook Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Apple I...
Shares of Amazon.com fell more than 3% early Friday, as the tech sector also was weighed down by slumping semiconductor stocks. Amazon posted results that beat Wall ...
U.S. stock market futures fell Friday as investors grew cautious ahead of an initial reading on U.S. growth data, due later. Earnings from Chevron Corp. and D.R. Hor...
Jack Hough, Barron’s senior editor, on how investors can cash in on companies’ capital expenditures.
The technology sector turned mostly higher on Friday, buoyed by solid gains from shares of Microsoft Corp., Netflix Inc. and chip makers, but shares of Apple Inc. ag...
The tech sector was off to a solid start on Friday, buoyed by solid gains from shares of Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp and chipmakers. Microsoft Corp. recovered from a ...
Tech stocks put in day of broad gains Thursday, with Intel Corp. among the advancers as the semiconductor giants got a late boost after putting out its quarterly res...
