After the closing bell Tuesday, Apple (AAPL – Analyst Report) and Twitter (TWTR – Analyst Report) posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings numbers. Apple managed to jump through just about every closely watched hoop in its fiscal Q4, with earnings per share of $1.96 and $51.5 billion in revenues beating expectations of $1.88 and $50.85 billion, respectively. Twitter managed to post a 40 percent earnings surprise and beat revenue estimates by $10 million in the quarter, but TWTR stock is taking a big hit due to lower-than-expected guidance for Q4.

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