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Quick Look Market Closing Price:
At the close: Dow +1.51% to 13117. S&P +1.52% to 1390. Nasdaq +2.04% to 3049.
Treasurys: 30-year -0.1%. 10-yr -0.08%. 5-yr -0.02%.
Commodities: Crude +1.28% to $104.69. Gold +0.09% to $1651.25.
Currencies: Euro -0.11% vs. dollar. Yen +0.6%. Pound -0.2%.
After Hours News:
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) guides on its Q1 earnings call for 2012 sales growth of 19%-21%, above a consensus of 18.5% and the company's prior guidance range of 17%-19%. Da Vinci robot procedures are now expected to increase 25%-27% from 2011 levels, compared with prior guidance of 24%-26%. ISRG +5.8% AH.
Yahoo (YHOO): Q1 EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.07. Revenue (ex-TAC) of $1.08B (+1% Y/Y) beats by $20M. Sees Q2 sales (ex-TAC) of $1.03B-$1.14B. Shares +2.6% AH
Seagate Technology (STX): FQ3 EPS of $2.64 beats by $0.54. Revenue of $4.45B (+65% Y/Y) beats by $70M. Shares +1.8% AH
Yahoo (YHOO): Q1 EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.07. Revenue (ex-TAC) of $1.08B (+1% Y/Y) beats by $20M. Sees Q2 sales (ex-TAC) of $1.03B-$1.14B. Shares +2.6% AH
Seagate Technology (STX): FQ3 EPS of $2.64 beats by $0.54. Revenue of $4.45B (+65% Y/Y) beats by $70M. Shares +1.8% AH
Cree (CREE): FQ3 misses across-the-board on declining revenue. Adjusted net income declined 50% Y/Y, despite being offset by better cost controls and a large tax benefit. The company also warns for FQ4, now seeing its EPS coming in around $0.20 - $0.26 per share on revenue between $295M - $315M. Street estimates were for an EPS of $0.28 on revenue of $323M. Shares -6.3% AH.
Intel's Q1: Gross margin of 65.1% exceeds guidance of 64%. However, company expects GM to decline to 63% in Q2, and is leaving 2012 guidance unchanged at 65%. Capex and opex forecasts also unchanged. PC CPU division sales fell 2% Y/Y, a reversal from Q4's 17% gain. Server CPU division sales fell marginally after rising 8% in Q1 (Romley timing likely played a role). INTC -2.5% AH.
IBM's Q1: Services backlog stood at $139B, down from $141B at end of Q4. Services revenue +1% Y/Y (+3% in Q4). Hardware -7% (-8% in Q4), hurt by 25% drop for mainframes and 4% drop for storage (share loss to EMC?). Software +5% (+9% in Q4), affected by slowing growth for middleware and Tivoli. Total analytics revenue +14% Y/Y. Americas and Asia-Pac revenue up slightly, Europe -2%. Gross margin rose 120 bps Y/Y to 45.7% (helps explain EPS beat). IBM -1.8% AH
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