$4.03
9.5%
Shares of Apollo Group Inc. rose to $46.27. The nation’s largest operator of for-profit colleges said fiscal first-quarter profit was 66 cents a share, beating estimates by 3 cents a share.
$1.51
4.7%
Broadcom Corp. stock climbed to $33.50. The maker of chips for consumer devices was raised to “overweight” from “equal weight” by Morgan Stanley analysts.
$0.81
3%
Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. advanced to $28.09. The world’s biggest maker of computer-networking equipment said second-quarter profit excluding some costs was 33 cents a share. Analysts expected 31 cents a share.
$1.38
5.8%
Shares of DirecTV Group Inc. increased to $25.35. The nation’s largest satellite-television company posted fourth-quarter net income that met estimates and revenue that beat Wall Street forecasts.
$3.68
12.8%
Domino’s Pizza Inc. stock jumped to $32.38. The nation’s second-largest pizza chain said it offered to pay off most of its bonds and loans and buy back as much as 22 percent of its shares.
$2.37
4.5%
Lazard Ltd. stock rose to $54.60. The investment bank said fourth-quarter profit climbed to 78 cents a share from a year earlier, surpassing estimates by 13 cents a share.
