Other technology sector stocks were also lower. Cisco Systems was down US$0.49 at US$23.19. Applied Materials slipped US$0.38 to US$21.75.
Other shares trading heavily included the Coca-Cola Co, which announced Thursday that its chairman and chief executive, Doug Daft, plans to retire at the end of the year. Coke was down US$0.06 at US$50.94.
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