Today's Top Winners in Mid-Cap Tech

The technology sector, which has been beaten up in recent weeks is the leading sector on Thursday. Strength is concentrated in networking and cloud computing names along with some semiconductor stocks. The catalyst for networking and cloud computing appears to be bullish preliminary earnings results from VMWare

and EMC

which came out after yesterday's closing bell. The catalyst for semiconductor names is Intel's

results which also came out after the closing bell. Below, Benzinga highlights 18 mid-cap technology stocks that are up at least 5% on Thursday. All of these companies have market-caps between $2 billion and $10 billion.

- This is one of the biggest gainers on the session. The stock is rising in the wake of the company's Q2 results. Shares were up more than 14% in afternoon trade.

- This stock is surging on account of strength in cloud computing. FFIV was up around 7% late in the trading day.

- Climbing on the back of Intel results. FSL shares were up around 5% with an hour left in the day but had come off of its highs.

- This name has been a huge winner on Thursday. The stock has been climbing throughout the session and was trading up almost 10% heading into the last hour of trade. The strength is likely attributable to bullish sentiment in networking names.

- Stock had added around 6% and was climbing throughout the day. Seems to be benefiting from general strength in tech.

- This networking name was trading up almost 7% and was climbing throughout the day.

- Shares have been soaring throughout the day. At last check, KLAC had added around 5.50%. The stock is surging in the wake of the results from Intel.

- This stock was trading up 6% late on Thursday. Shares are benefiting from a rapid whipsaw in sentiment surrounding networking related stocks and technology in general.

- Shares have jumped almost 8% heading into the last hour of trade and were sitting near session highs.

- Molex shares have climbed more than 5%. The company manufactures and sells electronic components.

- This stock is running along with cloud computing. Shares were trading up more than 6% in the final hour of the session.

Nvidia

- The beaten down chip-maker had added more than 5% heading into the closing bell.

NXP Semiconductor

- Another semiconductor name that is benefiting from Intel's results. Shares were up almost 9%.

- This stock had gained more than 6% as the entire chip space soars.

- Another networking name riding the wave of momentum in the space. PKT shares had added more than 7%.

- This beaten down networking name has added almost 11% on the day.

- Shares have added almost 6% going into the closing bell. This company operates in the global semiconductor space.

- Tibco is exposed to the cloud, and TIBX shares have soared almost 8% on Tuesday.