The surge in share prices we observed last week abated a tad, but some tech companies still managed a good week.
Leading the pack was Dell, which raised a cool billion dollars by selling a bunch of bonds, leading to speculation that it might be about to buy something big.
Among the companies associated with Dell in the rumour-mill is Palm, whose new and generally well regarded smartphone - the Pre - would give Dell instant access to what is probably the hottest market in IT right now.
Among the other gainers were NVIDIA, which benefitted from good vibes from some analysts, and Microsoft, which attempted to mitigate the effect of an imminent European Commission ruling into the legality of bundling the Internet Explorer browser with Windows.
| Company | Listing | Share price 19/5/09 | Share price 25/5/09 | Share price 8/6/09 | Share price 15/6/09 | 7-day change | Market cap (bn) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | AMD | 4.14 | 4.26 | 4.63 | 4.47 | -3.5% | 2.98 |
| Apple | AAPL | 126.67 | 122.50 | 144.67 | 136.97 | -5.3% | 122.19 |
| Avnet | AVT | 21.54 | 21.95 | 22.48 | 21.72 | -3.4% | 3.28 |
| Dell | DELL | 11.30 | 10.85 | 12.08 | 13.39 | 10.8% | 26.16 |
| GOOG | 396.86 | 393.50 | 444.32 | 424.84 | -4.4% | 134.22 | |
| HP | HPQ | 35.73 | 34.14 | 37.35 | 37.76 | 1.1% | 90.11 |
| IBM | IBM | 104.58 | 101.89 | 107.24 | 108.21 | 0.9% | 142.99 |
| Ingram Micro | IM | 16.00 | 15.57 | 17.63 | 17.38 | -1.4% | 2.81 |
| Intel | INTC | 15.52 | 15.05 | 15.92 | 16.31 | 2.4% | 91.09 |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 20.60 | 19.75 | 22.14 | 23.33 | 5.4% | 207.63 |
| Nvidia | NVDA | 9.27 | 9.82 | 10.83 | 11.51 | 6.3% | 6.29 |
| Tech Data | TECD | 29.20 | 30.41 | 33.13 | 31.23 | -5.7% | 1.57 |
| Yahoo | YHOO | 15.18 | 14.98 | 16.64 | 16.40 | -1.4% | 22.89 |
| Dow | .DJI | 8504.08 | 8277.32 | 8763.13 | 8799.26 | 0.4% | N/A |
| FTSE 100 | .FTSE | 4483.17 | 4365.29 | 4438.56 | 4441.95 | 0.1% | N/A |
| NASDAQ | .IXIC | 1732.36 | 1692.01 | 1849.42 | 1858.80 | 0.5% | N/A |
