5 Stocks Pushing The Technology Sector Lower

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Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 40 points (0.3%) at 13,114 as of Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,438 issues advancing vs. 1,420 declining with 156 unchanged.

The Technology sector currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Apple (AAPL), down 1.6%, Telefonica (TEF), down 1.3%, Google (GOOG), down 0.5%, Siemens (SI), down 0.5% and AT&T (T), down 0.5%. Top gainers within the sector include P.T. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), up 2.7%, Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), up 1.7% and International Business Machines (IBM), up 0.8%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

5. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) is one of the companies pushing the Technology sector lower today. As of noon trading, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone is down $0.17 (-0.8%) to $22.06 on light volume Thus far, 88,841 shares of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 286,900 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $21.91-$22.07 after having opened the day at $21.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $22.23.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed and mobile voice related services, IP/packet communications services, telecommunications equipment, and system integration and other telecommunications-related services in Japan. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone has a market cap of $54.1 billion and is part of the telecommunications industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.8, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Nippon Telegraph & Telephone as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Ratings Report now.

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