Shares of F5 Inc. FFIV, -0.53% sank 0.53% to $203.16 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.52% rising 0.52% to 4,500.53 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.06% falling 0.06% to 35,089.74. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. F5 Inc. closed $45.84 below its 52-week high ($249.00), which the company achieved on December 29th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -0.09% fell 0.09% to $55.15, Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, +1.04% rose 1.04% to $35.13, and Radware Ltd. RDWR, +0.36% rose 0.36% to $33.72. Trading volume (637,893) remained 11,806 below its 50-day average volume of 649,699.