SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Technology stocks held tight to gains logged during Friday's market rebound, with Dell and AMD lingering in investors' sights during a mostly mixed after-hours session.
The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the tech-heavy index's leading stocks, moved nominally lower to 1,600 points.
Earlier, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shrugged off weakness to finish up 16 points at 11,144, while the Nasdaq Composite put an end to an eight-session losing streak, closing 14 points higher at 2,194.
Dell stayed active late but was mostly flat. Shares of the PC giant helped buoy the benchmark index early, ending up 2.6% at $24.57 after the company reported an 18% drop in fiscal first-quarter profit.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices also held steady as night fell, after the stock shot up 11.5% to finish at $34.95. Dell said it would begin using chips from AMD in some of its high-end servers.
Conversely, shares of AMD's top rival Intel , the most-active issue early, hit a yearly low of $17.94 before the bell but moved fractionally higher after the close.
Next week, with earnings season just about over, the following companies will should draw after-hours attention with their quarterly results: Sycamore Networks , Medtronic , Network Appliance and TiVo , to name a few.
Tyson Foods Inc. after the close named Richard Bond as president and chief executive, effective immediately. Former CEO John Tyson will continue to serve as chairman of the Springdale, Ark.-based company. This story was supplied by MarketWatch. For further information see www.marketwatch.com.
The Nasdaq-100 After Hours Indicator, which tracks the evening action of the tech-heavy index's leading stocks, moved nominally lower to 1,600 points.
Earlier, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shrugged off weakness to finish up 16 points at 11,144, while the Nasdaq Composite put an end to an eight-session losing streak, closing 14 points higher at 2,194.
Dell stayed active late but was mostly flat. Shares of the PC giant helped buoy the benchmark index early, ending up 2.6% at $24.57 after the company reported an 18% drop in fiscal first-quarter profit.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices also held steady as night fell, after the stock shot up 11.5% to finish at $34.95. Dell said it would begin using chips from AMD in some of its high-end servers.
Conversely, shares of AMD's top rival Intel , the most-active issue early, hit a yearly low of $17.94 before the bell but moved fractionally higher after the close.
Next week, with earnings season just about over, the following companies will should draw after-hours attention with their quarterly results: Sycamore Networks , Medtronic , Network Appliance and TiVo , to name a few.
Tyson Foods Inc. after the close named Richard Bond as president and chief executive, effective immediately. Former CEO John Tyson will continue to serve as chairman of the Springdale, Ark.-based company. This story was supplied by MarketWatch. For further information see www.marketwatch.com.