DJ West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) rallied 1.81% to $346.56 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.14% to 51,920.62 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.01% to 7,357.49.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $345.99, which the company reached on June 24th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 3.04% to $93.24, Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 2.44% to $151.38, and Baxter International Inc. $(BAX)$ rose 2.42% to $21.55.
Trading volume (1.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 857,128.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 25, 2026.
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June 25, 2026 17:01 ET (21:01 GMT)
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