Some of the largest networking equipment stocks closed modestly lower Thursday even as the broader market inched higher following better-than-expected retail sales reports.
How some key telecom equipment stocks performed Thursday:
Cisco Systems Inc. fell 8 cents to $25.70.
Alcatel-Lucent's American depositary shares rose 4 cents to $7.07.
Nortel Networks Corp. fell 8 cents to $8.23.
Juniper Networks Inc. fell 43 cents to $27.64.