Investing.com - Urban Outfitters, Agilent Technologies and Jack in the Box rallied heading into close Tuesday, shrugging off steep selling across Wall Street.
Diagnostics firm Agilent (NYSE:A) reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street expectations, sending its shares soaring 7.5%.
The Diagnostics firm guided its full-year 2019 earnings at least $0.03 per share above than the Wall Street estimates for $2.97 a share and approved a $1.75 billion share buyback, giving investors further reason to remain in the stock.
In the retailer sector, meanwhile, Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) rose 3% after it beat analysts' expectations on revenue and earnings.
The company reported earnings of 70 cents a share on revenue of $974 million. That was above analysts' expectations for earnings of 63 cents a share on revenue of $968 million.
Starving off weakness in the consumer discretionary stocks, fast-food chain Jack In The Box (NASDAQ:JACK) popped 5% despite reporting mixed fiscal fourth-quarter results as earnings missed, but revenue beat analysts' expectations.
The results come as the fast-food chain has recently restructured operations, moving to an almost 100% franchisee-owned model.