Apple Earnings: Live Blog Recap
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CUPERTINO, Calif. (
) -- With
casting haze over the company's stock for much of last week,
Apple
(AAPL) - Get Report
reversed the trend when it reported third quarter earnings at the market close Tuesday.
Bolstered by strong iPhone and Mac sales,
, posting $3.51 per share, up from the profit of $2.01 in the year-ago period and well above analysts' estimates calling for earnings of $3.11, according to Yahoo! Finance.
Sales for the fiscal third quarter ended last month were $15.7 billion, up nearly double from the $8.34 revenue lever last year, and a whopping $1 billion above analysts' estimates calling for sales of $14.7 billion.
Apple's results were driving shares upward in afterhours trading by more than 3% to $259.27.
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--Blog written by Scott Moritz and James Rogers
