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Agilent shares gain on third-quarter results - UPDATE 3 19.08.2003 00:26 Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Shares of Agilent Technologies gained in late trading
Monday after the maker of electronics and equipment testing posted a
narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and a rise in sales.
Agilent reported a net loss of $1.56 billion for the quarter, or more than six
times the $228 million it lost during the same period a year earlier. It
attributed much of the loss to a non-cash charge of $1.4 billion for accounting
of income taxes.
Without the income tax charge, as well as charges for restructuring and
amortization, Agilent's loss came in at 2 cents a share, better than the
consensus estimate of 7 cents a share among Wall Street analysts. Revenue for
the period ended July 31 totaled $1.5 billion, up from $1.39 billion during last
year's third quarter.
Shares of Agilent, which were halted at the closing bell pending the release of
the third-quarter numbers, added 2.4 percent when trading resumed, changing
hands for $23.
Moving lower were shares of Symantec , which said it has purchased a
code-scanning patent from privately held Hilgraeve, Inc. for $62.5 million,
which includes the cost of licensing additional patents.
Symantec shares slipped 14 cents to $49 in late dealings.
Also losing ground were shares of Alkermes , which said it plans to offer up to
$100 million of convertible notes in a private placement.
Alkermes stock recently fell 89 cents, or 7 percent, to $11.75.
Elsewhere, shares of semiconductor stocks, which took the Nasdaq to its highest
close in a month, continued to climb.
Applied Micro Devices , which rose 14 percent to close at $8.91 following upbeat
coverage in Barron's, added another 10 cents to $9.01 after the bell.
Two of the sectors' biggest movers topped the most-actives list of evening
traders on Island ECN as well. Shares of Intel , which gained nearly 5 percent
to hit a fresh 52-week high of $26.23 during the regular session, rose 1 percent
in late dealings to $26.43.
Atmel stock tacked on an additional 4 cents to $3.87 in evening action. The
stock closed up more than 24 percent during the regular session.
Positive comments from research firm Gartner Group on the sector's prospects
helped tech shares gain ground as well.
Two of the regular session's top movers from the energy sector, Ivanhoe Energy
and Beacon Power , remained active. Shares of both companies rocketed higher
during regular trading as investors bet the energy providers would benefit from
last week's blackout; sending Ivanhoe shares to close with a 68-percent gain and
Beacon stock soaring to close up 142 percent.
In the evening session, Ivanhoe share added 5 cents, or 3 percent, to $1.75,
while Beacon shares traded unchanged from their 4 p.m. close, at 92 cents.
The Nasdaq-100 After Hours indicator, which tracks late trading in technology
shares, was up 1.86 points.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 90.76 points, or 1 percent, to finish
Monday's regular session at 9,412.45, and the Nasdaq Composite tacked on 37.48
points, or 2.2 percent, to close at 1,739.49.
This story was supplied by CBSMarketWatch. For further information see
www.cbsmarketwatch.com.
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