Agilent Technologies (A) down with profits

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) shares settled 1.7% to $40.54. The company said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit shrank to $16 million, or five cents a share, from $211 million, or 63 cents a share, a year ago. Share volume was 787,000, surpassing an all-day average of 515,000