DJ West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST) rose 1.74% to $337.00 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.21% to 7,428.78 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.03% to 52,747.32.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 12.69% short of its 52-week high of $386.00, which the company reached on July 23rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 2.66% to $107.27, Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 4.67% to $166.34, and Baxter International Inc. $(BAX)$ rose 4.41% to $24.37.
Trading volume (859,290) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 794,677.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 28, 2026.
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