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To: Night Writer who wrote (86862)	11/15/2000 7:16:48 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

AFTER THE BELL - Applied Materials rises Wednesday November 15, 5:46 pm Eastern Time NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Shares of Applied Materials Inc. (NasdaqNM:AMAT - news) rose in extended hours after the world's No. 1 computer-chip equipment maker posted better-than-expected quarterly profits. Applied Materials traded after the bell on the Instinet electronic brokerage system at $47, before falling back to $44-1/4. The stock pared gains after the chief financial officer forecast fiscal first quarter earnings and sales in a conference call. Applied Materials gained $1-5/16 during the standard trading day. Chip equipment maker Novellus Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:NVLS - news) also rallied after-hours, following Applied Materials profit announcement, rising to $37 on Instinet, from a close of $34-11/16. In other after-hours activity, AT&T (NYSE:T - news) edged slightly higher after the telephone and cable television company said it would spin off the television programming unit Liberty Media Group (NYSE:LMGa - news) to reduce regulatory concerns over its cable television holdings. AT&T last traded on Instinet at $20-3/4, up from a regular close of $20-5/8. Liberty Media gained $1-1/4 to $16-3/4 on Instinet after the bell.