SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. and NetApp Inc. led the tech sector higher Wednesday, but the group was weighed down by declining shares of Oracle Corp.

(Reuters) - Data storage equipment maker NetApp Inc (NTAP.O), under pressure from activist shareholder Elliott Management, said it would spend about $1 billion in the next four months to buy back shares.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) shares rose 3.63 percent to $36.63 in post-market trading. The company said on Tuesday after the market hours that it has increased its current stock repurchase program, of which $1.4 billion remains outstanding, by an ...

NetApp Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NTAP) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report was a mixed bag. The data management unit earned 69 cents per share, excluding items -- a penny north of consensus projections -- but its $1.72 billion in revenue was just shy of analyst ...

NetApp Inc. (NTAP: Quote) reported fourth quarter non-GAAP EPS of $0.69 after the bell Tuesday, up from $0.66 in the prior year.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) shares jumped 4.50% to $38.28. The company on May 21 said its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings slipped 3.8% as the data-storage firm recorded higher operating expenses and weaker product sales, though core profits improved.

NetApp Inc. (NTAP, $38.51, +$1.88, +5.13%) on Tuesday launched a dividend and promised to raise payouts to shareholders through stock buybacks, calming investors as a weak information-technology market threatens its earnings.

NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) gained 3.63 percent in premarket after the provider of networked storage services posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings and the company raised its stock buyback plan by an additional $1.6 billion.

On Tuesday, NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to ...

NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) a company that engages in design, manufacture, marketing, and technical support of networked storage solutions is currently up (+3.69%) on 18,184,451 shares traded after NetApp Announced its Results for Fourth Quarter and ...