DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 1.72% to $227.68 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.09% to 5,930.85 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.18% to 42,840.26.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed $22.21 short of its 52-week high ($249.89), which the company reached on January 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ rose 1.06% to $228.55, Medtronic PLC $(MDT)$ rose 1.30% to $81.03, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ rose 5.57% to $80.04.
Trading volume (3.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 20, 2024.
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December 20, 2024 16:49 ET (21:49 GMT)
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