Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
WST,
advanced 1.06% to $451.69 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.43% to 4,528.79 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 0.16% to 35,399.84. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $450.90, which the company reached on August 23rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Johnson & Johnson
JNJ,
rose 0.42% to $173.66, Medtronic PLC
MDT,
rose 0.02% to $133.84, and Stryker Corp.
SYK,
rose 0.24% to $274.08. Trading volume (348,982) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 318,535.
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