The stock market just finished a brutal week. The S&P 500 index and Dow Jones Industrials fell 5.7% between Monday morning and Friday night. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite market barometer did even worse, dropping 6.6% lower..
But despite the heavy casualties, some tech stocks still managed to come out ahead this week -- by a lot.
Semiconductor manufacturing gear maker Photronics (PLAB 0.83%) rose 14.4% thanks to a fantastic third-quarter earnings report. Telecom Sprint (S +0.00%) gained 12.6% thanks to an innovative handset-buying plan that ties the company closer to Apple (AAPL 0.20%). And Dot Hill Systems (NASDAQ: HILL) left even these gainers looking slow, rising 78% as hard drive maker Seagate Technology (STX +0.00%) offered to buy the storage systems builder in a $645 million deal.
Want to dig deeper into these market-crushing tech stocks? Start with the following slideshow:
