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Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX) rose 1.94% to $144.78 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.82% to 4,646.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.66% to 36,079.94. Quest Diagnostics Inc. closed $15.78 short of its 52-week high ($160.56), which the company reached on September 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH) rose 2.64% to $283.84, Qiagen N.V. (QGEN) rose 0.28% to $53.25, and Sonic Healthcare Ltd. ADR fell 1.20% to $28.86. Trading volume (963,032) remained 356,500 below its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 10, 2021.
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