NEW YORK, May 15- Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc posted a higher than expected quarterly profit and said current quarter revenue could increase, giving some relief to investors who had worried it was being hurt by weak technology spending.
*Internet shares among day's gainers; Google hits new high. But shares of Apple's rival Google shot up to a new record high at $916.38 on news that it has adopted a streaming music business model. Google closed at $915.89, up 3.3 percent.
NEW YORK, May 15- Cisco Systems Inc posted a higher than expected quarterly profit, suggesting that technology spending could be picking up for the network equipment maker's customers. Cisco shares rose about 5 percent after Chief Executive John Chambers said in a statement that the company was seeing good signs in a "slow, but steady economic environment."
Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 2 percent to $21.23 with 16,073,900 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell. 8 percent to $26.86 with 14,183,400 shares traded. Groupon Inc. rose 4.9 percent to $7.23 with 20,733,300 shares traded.
U.S. stock index futures remained lower Wednesday following a batch of tepid economic reports and a day after the Dow and the S&P 500 rallied to close at fresh highs.
Cisco Systems Inc. rose. 3 percent to $21.34 with 17,339,700 shares traded. Dell Inc. fell. 5 percent to $13.46 with 16,335,000 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 1.1 percent to $27.12 with 15,178,400 shares traded.
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