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Technology stocks were narrowly higher, with shares of technology companies in the S&P 500 only 0.1%.
In company news, ViaSat Inc. ( VSAT ) advanced Friday after the mobile and fixed broadband services provider crushed Wall Street expectations with its fiscal Q2 financial results.
Non-GAAP net income attributable to ViaSat common stockholders climbed to $0.68 per share from a $0.20 per share gain last year and beating the Capital IQ consensus by $0.52 per share.
Revenue rose 102% year over year to $358.8 million, exceeding analyst estimates by almost $21 million.
VSAT shares were ahead almost 10% at $65.62 each, easing from an earlier rise to $67.28 a share. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $51.50 to $74.78, climbing about 2% over the past 12 months prior to Friday's advance.
In other sector news,
(+) CNET, (+5.5%) Announces initiative to take advantage of expected service-sector redevelopment projects in China's Fuijan province, increasing its local presence as added value of non-manufacturing activity reaches 1 trillion RMB in 2015.
(-) GUID, (-9.9%) Cut to Hold from Buy at Gabelli & Co.
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