Oddly, two of the most reliable tech stocks, Microsoft and Dell, bucked the trend, with Microsoft falling 0.4%, or 10 cents, to $28.48, and Dell falling 0.3%, or 9 cents, to $35.26. JDS Uniphase was the big winner after it reported better-than-expected earnings Wednesday; its stock rose 14.7%, or 44 cents, to $3.44. Applied Materials was up 3.8%, or 60 cents, to $16.46, and Intel rose 3.3%, or 78 cents, to $24.24. Cisco Systems rose 1.5%, or 30 cents, to $20.80, and Yahoo was up 2.7%, or 79 cents, to $30.49. The Nasdaq-100 tracking stock rose 1.2%, or 40 cents, to $34.78.
The InformationWeek 100 outpaced the other indexes, rising 5.49, or nearly 2%, to 286.02, while the Nasdaq rose 1.2%, or 22.80 points, to 1,881.06. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%, or 5.01, to 1,100.43, and the Dow rose 0.1%, or 12.17, to 10,129.24.
See the full listing of all the companies in the InformationWeek 100 and the top 5 percentage winners and losers for the last closing at informationweek.com/stocks.