Mid-Day Market Update: Radware Dips On Weak Forecast, NII Gains

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.79 percent to 14,490.91 while the NASDAQ dropped 1.11 percent to 3,189.33. The S&P also fell, declining 0.94 percent to 1,545.39.

The S&P 500 found support at 1,550 yesterday, and opened lower to test the 1,540 level today. The MACD divergences remain intact. The Dow looks set to lose its 14,550 support to head lower to its 14,400 support. The NASDAQ ended yesterday testing its 3,200 support, while gapping down lower this morning under its 50 EMA support at 3,193.29 with lower support at 3,100. Finally, the Russell looks to be gapping down this morning under its 50 EMA support at 920.08, with lower support at 895.

F5 Networks

cut its forecast for the fiscal second quarter. F5 Networks now projects adjusted earnings of $1.06 to $1.07 per share on revenue of $350.2 million, versus its prior forecast of $1.21 to $1.24 per share on revenue of $370 million to $380 million.

NII Holdings

shot up 16.30 percent to $5.28 after the company agreed to sell its Peruvian operations for approximately $400 million. Shares of Millennial Media

got a boost, shooting up 6.44 percent to $6.45 after the company closed its acquisition of Metaresolver. Ultra Petroleum

was also up, gaining 6.07 percent to $20.10.

F5 Networks

was also down, falling 18.24 percent to $73.93 after the company cut its forecast for the fiscal second quarter. Shares of Radware

were down 22.11 percent to $29.27 after the company lowered its Q1 forecast. Delta Air Lines

shares tumbled 5.02 percent to $14.01.

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.85 percent to $92.47, while gold traded up 1 percent to $1,568.00. Silver traded up 1.23 percent Friday to $27.10, while copper fell 0.24 percent to $3.34.

European shares were mostly lower today. Greece is likely to delay its full Troika report, according to a Reuters source, meaning that the Eurogroup will be unable to pay its next bailout tranche next week. The Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.63% while the Italian FTSE MIB Index rose 0.64 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 2.03 percent and the French CAC dropped 1.68 percent and U.K. shares declined 1.49 percent.

US trade deficit narrowed to $43.0 billion in February, versus $44.5 billion in January. Exports rose 0.8% in the month. The US economy added only 88,000 jobs in March, versus a gain of 236,000 in February. However, economists were expecting a gain of 190,000 jobs in March. Data on consumer credit for February will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET.