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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. slid 4.5% to $236.66 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 6,915.61 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.6% to 49,098.71.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 32.2% below its 52-week high of $348.90, which the company reached on January 28th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Abbott Laboratories fell 1.1% to $107.42, Becton Dickinson & Co. fell 2.1% to $201.79, and Baxter International Inc. fell 1.15% to $19.84.
Trading volume totaled 1.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 741,294.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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January 23, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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