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AMD, SanDisk shares gain after hours

7/20/12 4:50 PM ET (MarketWatch)

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose Friday evening, coming off a day-session slide following disappointing quarterly figures from the chip maker.

Late-traded AMD shares (AMD) were up 2.8% at $4.34. They ended the regular session down 13%, with some analysts cutting their ratings and estimates on the company after lower-than-expected second-quarter results and a downbeat third-quarter sales forecast. AMD cited the slumping PC market as well as sales issues in China for the shortfall. An earlier look at AMD downgrades.

Among the figures released by AMD late Thursday, second-quarter adjusted earnings of 6 cents a share missed the FactSet consensus estimate by 1 cent a share, and third-quarter sales are expected to fall 11% from the second quarter. Previous story about AMD's results.

Elsewhere, late-traded shares of SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) picked up 0.3% at $38.80, building on their 10% rise in the regular session after better-than-expected second-quarter results from the flash memory maker.

In dayside trading, U.S. stocks fell for the first session in four, with rekindled worries about Europe triggering a selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 121 points, or 0.9%, to 12,822.57 and the Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP) closed 1.4% lower. Each index lost their July gains. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) slumped 1% to 1,362.66.

Next week, quarterly results are due from Amazon.Com Inc. (AMZN) , Apple Inc. (AAPL) , Facebook Inc. (FB) , McDonald's Corp. (MCD) and Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN) , among many other companies.