DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 2.84% to $240.35 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.91% to 5,064.20 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.85% to 38,225.66.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed $46.97 below its 52-week high ($287.32), which the company achieved on July 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ fell 0.02% to $246.84, Medtronic PLC $(MDT)$ rose 0.04% to $80.92, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ rose 0.61% to $126.65.
Trading volume (3.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 2, 2024.
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