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Shares of communications equipment maker Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) have been surging today following announcing that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by higher networking equipment sales. Its surprising earnings numbers and also a positive sales outlook gave a lift to the entire sector, whose shares have been rallying in early trading.

For the quarter, the company said that its profit rose to $28.8 million, or 28 cents per share as new products helped Ciena to "take share and gain additional customer traction." These numbers are up from $11.1 million, or 12 cents per share reported in the same period a year ago.

Included in the company's earnings figures was $7.7 million related to a patent litigation settlement. Excluding that, Sears earnings numbers would have come at $49.6 million, or 47 cents a share. Analyst, on average, expected the company show quarterly earnings of 40 cents per share.

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