Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. climbed in Thursday’s extended trade after the software company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results. Adobe said its fiscal third-quarter earnings rose to $174.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $44.7 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the maker of Photoshop, Illustrator design software and PDF would have earned 54 cents a share, ahead of the 50 cents a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet survey. Revenue grew to 21% $1.22 billion. Adobe gained 1.5% to $81.31 a share in after-hours session.
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