Nanometrics Ends Friday Up 28.8% (NANO, INTC)

Shares of Nanometrics Incorporated NANO ended Friday trading up 28.8% at $17.32 per share. The company's stock was one of many in the semiconductor sector to benefit from the earnings report that Intel Corporation INTC released on Thursday after the market closed. The day's trading range for shares of Nanometrics Incorporated was $13.75 to a 52-week high of $17.96 per share. Analysts covering Nanometrics Incorporated (NANO) stock give it a consensus price target of $17.25 per share. Trading volume for Nanometrics Incorporated was extremely heavy, with 5.7 million shares traded today, far above the daily average volume of 338,000 shares. Nanometrics Incorporated is a leading provider of advanced, high-performance process control metrology systems used primarily in the fabrication of semiconductors, high-brightness LEDs, data storage devices and solar photovoltaics. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.