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Shares of Fortive Corp. FTV slid 1.02% to $68.93 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.13% to 3,668.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.23% to 29,999.26. Fortive Corp. closed $5.33 short of its 52-week high ($74.25), which the company reached on November 9th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as MKS Instruments Inc. MKSI fell 0.69% to $149.07, Mesa Laboratories Inc. MLAB rose 5.23% to $281.74, and LGL Group Inc. LGL fell 0.70% to $9.98. Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 1.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.5 M.
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