Pure Storage, Box fall; Salesforce, Macy’s rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday:

Salesforce Inc., up $19.24 to $186.59.

The customer-management software developer gave investors a strong profit forecast.

Veeva Systems Inc., up $7.43 to $173.56.

The provider of cloud-based software services for the life sciences industry reported strong financial results.

Splunk Inc., down 30 cents to $102.18.

The software company gave investors a weak revenue forecast.

Okta Inc., up $9.47 to $80.91.

The cloud identity management company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter financial forecasts.

Pure Storage Inc., down $4.36 to $24.43.

The data storage company gave investors a weak revenue forecast.

Box Inc., down $4.34 to $29.24.

The online storage provider gave investors a disappointing revenue forecast.

Macy’s Inc., up $2.27 to $22.70.

The department store operator reported strong financial results and gave investors an encouraging profit forecast.

Kroger Co., up $2.35 to $45.73.

The grocery store owner reported strong fourth-quarter earnings.