Thursday's After-Hours Movers Led By Tech Stocks

Shares of salesforce.com, inc. CRM, which fell 5.8 percent Thursday, was up more than 4.4 percent in after-hours, following the announcement of the company’s second-quarter financial results.

The enterprise cloud computing solutions provider reported earnings of $0.19 per share on revenue of $1.635 billion, ahead of guidance and estimates, which called for earnings of $0.18 per share on sales of $1.595 billion to $1.605 billion.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Company HPQ, down 1.37 percent during the day, fell almost 1 percent after-hours.

Earnings of $0.88 per share came in ahead of guidance and consensus estimates of $0.85 per share, but revenue of $25.349 billion fell slightly short of expectations as the tech company gets closer to its split.

Also falling on its earnings report is Intuit Inc. INTU, which had already tumbled 3.14 percent during the regular trading session. The company delivered a net loss of ($0.05) per share on revenue of $696 million. While losses were smaller than expected, revenue fell almost $44 million short of the Street’s consensus of $739.86 million.

Also moving the stock is the announcement that the software company plans to divest its Demandforce, QuickBase and Quicken businesses in order to sharpen its focus.

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD was up 5.45 percent after the bell after having lost 3.19 percent during the day.

The small-mid-cap company’s earnings of $0.27 per share came in well ahead of the Street’s consensus of $0.23 per share and guidance of $0.22 per share. Revenue of $551.82 million, on the other hand, came in pretty much in line with estimates and guidance.