optical cable corp shares were up 16 to 413 after the company reported fourthquarter sales that were 26 higher than last year the company said it had quarterly sales of 201 million compared with sales of 159 million for the same period last year optical cable said it saw increased sales in both its enterprise and specialty markets including the wireless carrier market net sales sequentially increased 154 during the fourth quarter compared with 174 million during the third quarter the companys sales order backlogforward load continues to be higher than typical levels at the end of the fourth quarter for the fourth quarter optical cable recorded a net income of 12 million or 15 cents a share compared with a loss of 6000 or breakeven on a pershare basis in the same quarter last year the stock is down 24 year to date