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Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS, +10.87% jumped more than 7% in the extended session Wednesday after the electronics maker reported profit and sales above Wall Street expectations. Keysight said it earned $153 million, or 80 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $64 million, or 34 cents a share, in the second quarter of 2018. Adjusted for one-time items, Keysight earned $233 million, or $1.22 a share, compared with $158 million, or 83 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 10% to $1.09 billion, compared with $990 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected Keysight to report adjusted earnings of 98 cents a share on sales of $1.07 billion. In the same statement, the company said its board has approved a $500 million share buyback program, effectively immediately. For its third quarter, Keysight guided for revenue between $1.02 billion and $1.06 billion, and adjusted EPS between 97 cents and $1.05. Keysight shares ended the regular trading session down 2.3%.