In Goldman Sachs' Hardware Technology List, Apple Performs Well

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the “second best performing stock in our coverage this week, increasing 4.8%,” Goldman Sachs reports.

“Lexmark International Inc. (NYSE: LXK) was the worst performing stock in our coverage, declining 1.9% on continued negative sentiment on printing related names,” Goldman Sachs continued, adding that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was the second worst performing stock in its coverage, “declining 1.7% in the week after the launch of its TouchPad tablet.”

Lexmark closed Friday at $29.27; Hewlett-Packard closed at $36.43; Apple closed at $359.71.