Ciena Corporation (CIEN): Today's Featured Telecommunications Laggard

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Ciena Corporation ( CIEN) pushed the Telecommunications industry lower today making it today's featured Telecommunications laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Ciena Corporation fell $0.39 (-1.9%) to $20.13 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,074,891 shares of Ciena Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,929,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $19.90-$20.60 after having opened the day at $20.40 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $20.52. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were: Ambient Corporation ( AMBT), down 9.9%, InfoSonics Corporation ( IFON), down 8.9%, RIT Technologies ( RITT), down 6.9% and Cyan ( CYNI), down 6.1%.

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Ciena Corporation provides communications networking equipment, software, and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, and management of voice, video, and data traffic worldwide. Ciena Corporation has a market cap of $2.0 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 27.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Ciena Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ciena Corporation as a sell. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Sky-mobi ( MOBI), down 17.0%, eOn Communications Corporation ( EONC), down 8.5%, B Communications ( BCOM), down 6.4% and Zhone Technologies ( ZHNE), down 6.2% , were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with Mobile Telesystems OJSC ( MBT) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.

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