Monday's Late Winners & Losers

Stocks were turning up mixed and very thinly traded after the closing bell rang Monday, but among the gainers was speech-recognition software developer Nuance Communications (NUAN Quote).

In a conference call, Nuance CEO Paul Ricci estimated in-line fiscal second-quarter earnings of 17 cents to 19 cents a share, excluding items, on above-par adjusted revenue of $210 million to $218 million. Nuance shares had taken an initial postbell fall after the Burlington, Mass., company reported sharply widening its first-quarter GAAP-based loss. Non-GAAP earnings were a penny ahead of analysts' per-share predictions. Recently, shares were recovering to add 53 cents, or 3.3%, to $16.78.

Also climbing was Capstone Turbine (CPST Quote), which develops microturbine technology for use in distributed power generation and hybrid cars. The Chatsworth, Calif., company reported narrowing its fiscal third-quarter loss to $7.7 million, or a nickel a share, from an 8-cent EPS shortfall a year earlier. Two analysts polled by Thomson Financial were seeking a loss of 7 cents a share. Capstone Turbine stock was up 10.6% to $1.67 in light after-hours action.

In the red, meanwhile, was Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIMM Quote), after the Waterloo, Ore., company announced what it termed a "critical severity outage " within its Americas network, according to Reuters. Shares were down 1.2% to $93.35.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX Quote) essentially tripled its fourth-quarter loss year over year to $85.8 million, or 66 cents a share -- a figure that was nonetheless in line with Wall Street expectations. Shares of the Cambridge, Mass., drugmaker were recently off $1.32, or 7.3%, to $16.89 following some choppy trading.

Brooks Automation (BRKS Quote) was shedding 8.3% to $10.58 after the chipmaking-equipment maker posted a penny per-share loss, excluding restructuring charges, coming in well under targets for a profit of a dime a share.

And Cutera (CUTR Quote) traded mostly lower after the Brisbane, Calif., cosmetic laser-equipment maker missed by 9 cents a share with fourth-quarter non-GAAP earnings of 32 cents a share on lower-than-expected sales of $26.5 million. Still, shares were recently recouping their after-hours losses to rise 2.8% at $12.03.