3 Tech Stocks That Soared This Week

Hanwha Q CELLS, SanDisk, and SouFun Holdings crushed the market this week, each in its own unique way. Here's how.

By Anders Bylund – Oct 3, 2015 at 2:08PM EST

The stock market just finished an up-and-down kind of week. The major indexes took a quick dip early in the week but ended up on a modestly positive note; The charts showed gains between 0.4% and 1% between Monday morning and Friday night.

But some tech stocks stretched the rosy finish to extremes and recorded double-digit gains instead.

This is their story.

Data-storage veteran SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) rose 17% this week thanks to a veritable smorgasbord of growth engines. Chinese real estate portal SouFun Holdings (SFUN +90.00%) recorded a 28.7% gain because of a rather direct assist from China's government. Finally, sticking with the Middle Kingdom, Asian solar power had a grand week at the races, led by Seoul-based Hanwha Q CELLS (HQCL +0.00%) and its heart-pounding 33.4% bounce.

Want to dig deeper into these market-beating tech stocks? Start with the following slideshow:

3 Tech Stocks That Soared This Week from The Motley Fool.

Anders Bylund is a contributing Motley Fool media and technology analyst covering semiconductors, cloud computing, internet infrastructure, quantum computing, and streaming media. Previously, Anders was a systems administrator for Nielsen Technology and CSX, gaining hands-on experience with enterprise-class systems. He was also a freelance writer for Ars Technica, TIME, USA Today, CNN, WIRED, and AOL's Daily Finance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in library and information sciences from Florida State University. He believes in coyotes and time as an abstract.

TMFZahrim

@TMFZahrim

3 Tech Stocks That Soared This Week

Read Next

About the Author

Stocks Mentioned

Premium Investing Services