DJ Quest Diagnostics Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. $(DGX)$ rallied 3.79% to $209.41 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.51% to 7,533.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.20% to 52,552.97.
The stock's rise snapped a nine-day losing streak.
Quest Diagnostics Inc. closed 4.47% below its 52-week high of $219.20, which the company reached on July 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as UnitedHealth Group Inc. $(UNH)$ rose 1.16% to $423.38, IQVIA Holdings Inc. $(IQV)$ rose 1.78% to $210.49, and Centene Corp. $(CNC)$ fell 4.08% to $63.89.
Trading volume (980,777) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 833,648.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 16, 2026.
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July 16, 2026 17:04 ET (21:04 GMT)
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