Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. on Monday said its results for the current quarter would beat Wall Street expectations and announced a restatement of financial results for most of the past 3 years after an accounting investigation.
The company, whose stock was the best performer in the S&P 500 index last year, also said it is in arbitration with Microsoft on a pricing dispute that could force it to make graphics chips for the Xbox game console at a loss if the matter is not resolved in its favor.
The outlook for the current quarter caused Nvidia NVDA.O shares to close higher by $5.06, or 16.7 percent, at $35.43 in heavy trade on the Nasdaq. Nvidia was the eighth-most-heavily traded Nasdaq issue on volume of almost 33 million shares, more than twice its average daily turnover in the past month.
The restatement of revenues and earnings came at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission and covered fiscal 2000 and 2001 and the first three quarters of fiscal 2002, the Santa Clara, California-based company said.
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