Earnings Report

Intuit shares tumbled Thursday when the TurboTax software maker cooled expectations for fiscal 2017 about a month after executives told analysts they saw a path to achieving $5 per share that year.

Hewlett-Packard Co. reported sales and profit fell in the last quarter, and its stock slipped further in late trading Thursday after the giant computer-maker issued a forecast for the October quarter that was lower than Wall Street expected.

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, highlighting a strong recovery in demand.

Cisco Systems posted solid fiscal fourth-quarter results Wednesday, sending the computer networking gear maker's shares higher in aftermarket trading.

Poor showings from several big technology companies including Apple and Microsoft weighed on the stock market in early trading Wednesday.

International Business Machines Corp reported its 13th consecutive fall in quarterly revenue on Monday, as it continued to shed low-margin businesses and the strong dollar weighed on Big Blue's results. Shares of IBM fell 4 percent in after-market trading.

Stocks are rising broadly in early trading Thursday after several big companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Intel said Wednesday that greater demand from data centers and sales of memory products helped counteract the slumping PC market in the second quarter.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL), down $1.49 to $52.82 All of the airline's flights in the U.S. were temporarily grounded because of computer problems affecting "network connectivity." The Container Store Group Inc. (TCS), up 43 cents to $17.93 The storage products retailer reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter profit, but revenue fell short of forecasts.

Shares of Micron Technology slumped in aftermarket trading Thursday after the chipmaker said the weak PC market hurt its business in its fiscal third quarter.

Better earnings and rising oil prices are pushing U.S. stocks higher in early trading.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Delta Air Lines Inc., up $1.12 to $44.20 The airline reported a surge in first-quarter profit on more passengers and cheaper fuel, beating Wall Street expectations.

Flash-memory chip maker SanDisk is cutting its fiscal first-quarter revenue forecast partly because of lower-than-expected sales of enterprise products and lower pricing in some areas of the business.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Oracle Corp., up $1.26 to $44.13 The software company reported mixed fiscal third-quarter profit and revenue but said its cloud services business grew.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Hewlett-Packard Co., down $3.82 to $34.67 The computer maker reported worse-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results and issued a weaker-than-expected outlook.

Shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. slid in late trading Tuesday after the company reported quarterly revenue and an earnings outlook that were below Wall Street estimates.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Rite Aid Corp., up 50 cents to $8.08 The drugstore operator is expanding into managing pharmacy benefits with the $2 billion cash-and-stock purchase of EnvisionRx.

Shares of Cisco Systems rose in aftermarket trading Wednesday after its fiscal second-quarter results surpassed Wall Street's expectations.

Computer Sciences Corp. shares slipped in after-market trading Monday after the company reported quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street estimates.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE General Motors Co., up $1.85 to $35.83 The automaker reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit despite the high cost of recalled vehicles and claims.