Nokia Oyj (NOK): Today's Featured Telecommunications Laggard

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Nokia Oyj (NOK) pushed the Telecommunications industry lower today making it today's featured Telecommunications laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Nokia Oyj fell 6 cents (-1.6%) to $3.57 on average volume. Throughout the day, 51 million shares of Nokia Oyj exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 62.4 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $3.54-$3.68 after having opened the day at $3.65 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $3.63. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were: Dialogic (DLGC), down 14.9%, Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), down 7.9%, Zhone Technologies (ZHNE), down 5.8%, and Zoom Technologies (ZOOM), down 5.4%.

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Nokia Corporation provides telecommunications infrastructure hardware, software, and services worldwide. The company offers smart phones and smart devices; and feature phones, and related services and applications. Nokia Oyj has a market cap of $14.16 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 4.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Nokia Oyj a buy, 10 analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Nokia Oyj as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Novatel Wireless (NVTL), up 14.4%, AudioCodes (AUDC), up 6.6%, eOn Communications Corporation (EONC), up 6.5%, and WPCS International (WPCS), up 5.7%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with Ericsson Telephone Company (ERIC) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.

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