Shares of F5 Inc. FFIV, -0.29% slipped 0.29% to $152.39 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.13% falling 0.13% to 3,759.89 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.15% falling 0.15% to 30,483.13. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. F5 Inc. closed $96.61 short of its 52-week high ($249.00), which the company achieved on December 29th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -1.29% fell 1.29% to $43.57, Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, -0.81% fell 0.81% to $28.16, and Radware Ltd. RDWR, -0.09% fell 0.09% to $21.98. Trading volume (435,379) remained 138,605 below its 50-day average volume of 573,984.