Technology stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.1% higher and the S&P 500 fell 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among technology stocks include:
- Nuance Communications (NUAN): NUAN stock is up 1.9% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Informatica Corp (INFA): INFA stock is up 1.6% today on 3 times normal volume.
- EMC Corp (EMC): EMC stock is up 1.6% today.
- Spansion Inc (CODE): CODE stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Red Hat Inc (RHT): RHT stock is up 1.2% today.
- Total System Services (TSS): TSS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Western Digital Corp (WDC): WDC stock is up 1.1% today.
- CA Inc (CA): CA stock is up 1.1% today.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM): TSM stock is up 1.1% today.
- Lm Ericsson Telephone Company (ERIC): ERIC stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among technology stocks include:
- Amkor Technology (AMKR): AMKR stock is down 5.5% today.
- M/A-Com Technology Solutions Ho (MTSI): MTSI stock is down 4.5% today.
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): AMD stock is down 3.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Vishay Intertechnology (VSH): VSH stock is down 3.4% today.
- Pegasystems Inc (PEGA): PEGA stock is down 3.3% today.
- Cirrus Logic (CRUS): CRUS stock is down 3.2% today.
- Zynga Inc (ZNGA): ZNGA stock is down 3.2% today.
- Grubhub Inc. (GRUB): GRUB stock is down 3.1% today.
- Intersil Corp (ISIL): ISIL stock is down 3.0% today.
- Tessera Technologies (TSRA): TSRA stock is down 2.9% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
