3 Stocks Pushing The Technology Sector Lower

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All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 104 points (0.8%) at 14,004 as of Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 12:05 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,181 issues advancing vs. 685 declining with 127 unchanged.

The Technology sector currently sits up 0.5% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.8%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Kyocera Corporation (KYO), down 1.8%, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), down 0.6% and NTT DoCoMo (DCM), down 0.6%. Top gainers within the sector include Guidewire Software (GWRE), up 18.9%, LinkedIn (LNKD), up 6.3%, Nokia Oyj (NOK), up 5.1%, P.T. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), up 4.3% and Telefonica (TEF), up 3.1%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today:

3. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) is one of the companies pushing the Technology sector lower today. As of noon trading, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone is down $0.70 (-3.0%) to $22.86 on heavy volume Thus far, 988,934 shares of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 584,400 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $22.84-$23.02 after having opened the day at $22.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $23.56.

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 $56.3 billion and is part of the telecommunications industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.5, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. 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 compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Ratings Report now.

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