(Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc <AKAM.O> on Tuesday cut the upper end of its forecast for second-quarter adjusted profit and revenue, citing a stronger dollar.
Shares of the company were down 2.8 percent at $75.50 in premarket trading on the Nasdaq.
Akamai said it expects to face a headwind of $3 million and $0.01 per share for second-quarter revenue and earnings respectively.
The company now expects adjusted profit in the range of 79 cents per share and 81 cents per share, on revenue of between $658 million and $663 million.
In April, Akamai had forecast second-quarter revenue of $658 million to $670 million and adjusted profit of 79 cents to 83 cents per share.
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 80 cents per share, on revenue of $665.9 million.
(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Orr and Shailesh Kuber)
