DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ rallied 2.51% to $100.85 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.33% to 6,740.02 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.95% to 47,501.55.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Paychex Inc. closed 37.45% short of its 52-week high of $161.24, which the company achieved on June 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 1.18% to $152.96, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 3.08% to $481.17, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 1.59% to $226.24.
Trading volume (5.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 6, 2026.
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March 06, 2026 16:55 ET (21:55 GMT)
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