Tech New Highs: Telecom Italia (NYSE:TI), The Rubicon Project (NYSE:RUBI), Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC), Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ADR) (NYSE:ASX)

The FTSE-Mib index closes 1.5% higher at 21,935, led by debt-sensitive shares as Italy’s sovereign bond spread narrows to below 160 basis points over 10-year German bunds. Telecom Italia SpA (ADR) (NYSE:TI) +4.0% and Fiat +3.5% lead the index as their interest costs are easing. Telecom Italia SpA (ADR) (NYSE:TI) stock performance was 1.31% in last session and finished the day at $12.36. Traded volume was 300.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 96.31K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.34.

This April 24 event in New York features co-chairs from the OpenRTB working group, the Audience Exchange Protocol (AXP) group and the Digital Advertising Automation Task Force (DAAT) and will include buy side perspective from GroupM. On the agenda are technical standards overview, OpenRTB & Exchange Infrastructure Working Group Co-chair Neil Richter (of Rubicon Project Inc (NYSE:RUBI)) and Co-chair Willard Simmons (of DataXu) will be on hand to outline the quarterly updates to the OpenRTB protocol. The Rubicon Project Inc (NYSE:RUBI) closed to $22.24 Wednesday on volume of 80.45K shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $21.23 to $23.20. The Rubicon Project Inc (NYSE:RUBI) has a market capitalization of $772.25million.

Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC) is a very large and very secretive Pentagon contractor. Everywhere you find the US military or American spying agencies, you find Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC). However, one thing Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC) is not known for is book writing and editing. In fact, suggesting Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC) as an arbiter of a book such as Pale Farce was a smoke signal that a publisher wished it buried in a deep hole. Science Applications International Corp (NYSE:SAIC)’s stock on Apr 23, 2014 reported a increase of 0.10% to the closing price of $39.73. Its fifty two weeks range is $29.40 -$39.99. The total market capitalization recorded $1.92billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 174.64K shares. In its share capital, SAIC has 48.41million outstanding shares.

The nation’s new private investments during the first three months of this year slightly lagged behind the target set by the government, statistics compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) showed on Tuesday. According to the ministry, 10 investment projects started in the first quarter will be worth more than NT$5 billion each. Among them, flat-panel maker AU Optronics Corp has invested about NT$30 billion in Hsinchu; Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ADR) (NYSE:ASX), the world’s largest chip packaging and testing services provider, has launched a NT$30 billion project in Greater Kaohsiung; and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has unveiled a project to invest NT$11 billion to buy production machines. On Wednesday, shares of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ADR) (NYSE:ASX) advanced 1.23% to close the day at $5.78. Company return on investment (ROI) is 8.30% and its monthly performance is recorded as 13.11%. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ADR) (NYSE:ASX) quarterly revenue growth is 21.17%.