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Technology Stocks : IBM
IBM 305.75+0.3%3:59 PM EST

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To: Michael Collings who wrote (5013)4/22/1999 7:55:00 AM
From: Dorine Essey  Read Replies (1) of 8218
 
BEFORE THE BELL - IBM surges on earnings

April 22, 1999 07:21 AM
NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) - Shares in International Business Machines Corp. surged in pre-opening trade Thursday after the computer maker reported quarterly earnings that trounced Wall Street forecasts.

IBM was trading at 188-1/8 on the Instinet electronic broker system, up from a Wednesday finish at 171-7/8.

After markets closed Wednesday, the company reported that its first-quarter income rose 50 percent to $1.5 billion.

IBM, the world's biggest computer maker, posted earnings of $1.55 a share. Analysts surveyed by First Call Corp. had forecast $1.41.

Among other active issues, Dell Computer Corp. DELL rose to 40-1/2 from a Wednesday close at 38-7/16.

((--Ian Simpson, Wall Street desk, (212) 859-1879)) REUTERS

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