Facebook Inc Class A (FB): Today's Featured Internet Winner

Facebook Inc Class A was a winner within the internet industry, rising $0.38 (1.4%) to $26.51 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Facebook Inc Class A

(

FB

) pushed the Internet industry higher today making it today's featured internet winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, Facebook Inc Class A rose $0.38 (1.4%) to $26.51 on average volume. Throughout the day, 41,007,544 shares of Facebook Inc Class A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 37,413,700 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $26.05-$26.53 after having opened the day at $26.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.13. Other companies within the Internet industry that increased today were:

Vipshop Holdings

(

VIPS

), up 7.5%,

Synacor

(

SYNC

), up 7.3%,

Friendfinder Networks

(

FFN

), up 5.8% and

CGI Group

(

GIB

), up 4.2%.

Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking company worldwide. It builds various tools that enable users to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and computers. Facebook Inc Class A has a market cap of $45.6 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 2.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 24 analysts that rate Facebook Inc Class A a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Facebook Inc Class A as a

sell

. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been a generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.

On the negative front,

Vocus

(

VOCS

), down 14.8%,

ChinaNet Online Holdings

(

CNET

), down 5.4%,

Remark Media

(

MARK

), down 5.3% and

Professional Diversity Network

(

IPDN

), down 4.4% , were all laggards within the internet industry with

Equinix

(

EQIX

) being today's internet industry laggard.

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First Trust Dow Jones Internet Idx

(

FDN

) while those bearish on the internet industry could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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