U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 150 points on Wednesday.

Shares of Pure Storage Inc (NYSE:PSTG) gained 26.1% to $67.48 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results and issued fourth-quarter guidance above estimates.

Pure Storage reported quarterly earnings of 50 cents per share, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 42 cents. Quarterly revenue came in at $831.07 million which beat the consensus estimate of $818.14 million and is an increase over sales of $762.84 million from the same period last year.

Pure Storage shares jumped 26.1% to $67.48 on Wednesday.

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