Juniper Networks Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Juniper Networks Inc.  stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR,
-0.19%
inched 0.56% higher to $32.12 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX,
-1.56%
falling 0.20% to 3,990.97 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-1.81%
falling 1.14% to 33,910.85. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Juniper Networks Inc. closed $6.02 short of its 52-week high ($38.14), which the company reached on March 31st.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO,
-2.45%
fell 1.64% to $48.08, VMware Inc. VMW,
-0.42%
rose 0.04% to $124.98, and Fortinet Inc. FTNT,
-3.43%
rose 2.52% to $50.10. Trading volume (4.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M.

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Shares of Juniper Networks Inc. JNPR, -0.19% inched 0.56% higher to $32.12 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.56% falling 0.20% to 3,990.97 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.81% falling 1.14% to 33,910.85. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Juniper Networks Inc. closed $6.02 short of its 52-week high ($38.14), which the company reached on March 31st. The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO,…