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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. slid 5.7% to $233.83 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 6,781.48 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.1% to 47,706.51.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 27.5% short of its 52-week high of $322.34, which the company reached on October 23rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Abbott Laboratories fell 1.9% to $110.55, Becton Dickinson & Co. fell 0.3% to $163.88, and Baxter International Inc. fell 2.51% to $17.46.
Trading volume totaled 1.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 951,879.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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March 10, 2026 16:32 ET (20:32 GMT)
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