Shares of Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, -6.17% slid 6.17% to $29.22 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.33% rising 0.33% to 34,509.03 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.10% falling 0.10% to 4,505.42.
Juniper Networks Inc. closed $5.31 short of its 52-week high ($34.53), which the company achieved on April 3rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, -2.23% fell 2.23% to $50.38, VMware Inc. VMW, -0.60% fell 0.60% to $156.23, and Fortinet Inc. FTNT, +0.86% rose 0.86% to $78.92.
Trading volume (8.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.