DJ West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) rallied 2.76% to $323.47 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.23% to 5,782.76 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.02% to 42,221.88.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed $90.23 short of its 52-week high ($413.70), which the company reached on February 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 0.07% to $117.73, Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 1.27% to $237.30, and Baxter International Inc. $(BAX)$ rose 0.84% to $36.10.
Trading volume (624,533) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 587,585.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 5, 2024.
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November 05, 2024 17:08 ET (22:08 GMT)
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