By Howard Smith
Publication Date: 2026-05-14 21:01:00
Today’s Change
(13.38%) $13.63
Current Price
$115.50
Cisco Systems (CSCO +13.38%), a networking and communication technology solutions provider, closed Thursday at $115.53, up 13.41%. The stock is rallying after a blowout fiscal Q3 report, raised guidance, and AI‑driven orders. Investors are watching how sustained AI infrastructure demand supports future growth and margins.
Trading volume reached 68.4 million shares, coming in about 189% higher than its three-month average of 23.7 million shares. Cisco Systems IPO’d in 1990 and has grown 149,438% since going public.
How the markets moved today
The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.77%) added 0.77% to finish Thursday at 7,501, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.88%) advanced 0.88% to close at 26,635. Within communication equipment, peer Arista Networks (ANET +5.06%) closed at $147.78, rising 5.04% as networking…
