Tech stocks try to find gains in early trading

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks tried to find their footing Wednesday as the sector looked to capitalize on the previous day's gains. Among sector leaders, gains came from Apple Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (AAPL 260.96, -3.12, -1.18%) , IBM Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!ibm/quotes/nls/ibm (IBM 128.43, -0.20, -0.16%) , Research In Motion Ltd. /quotes/comstock/15*!rimm/quotes/nls/rimm (RIMM 55.41, +2.23, +4.19%) and Intel Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!intc/quotes/nls/intc (INTC 21.33, -0.25, -1.16%) . Broadcom Corp. /quotes/comstock/15*!brcm/quotes/nls/brcm (BRCM 37.47, -0.06, -0.16%) rose 37 cents a share to $37.96 after the chip maker reported strong quarterly results late Tuesday. The Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/comstock/10y!i:comp (COMP 2,265, -23.69, -1.04%) was down 1.5 points at 2,286.