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Shares of Fortive Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207268286/composite FTV -2.16% slipped 7.78% to $66.05 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -1.81% falling 2.44% to 4,477.44 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -1.81% falling 1.45% to 35,111.16. The stock's fall snapped a four-day winning streak. Fortive Corp. closed $13.82 short of its 52-week high ($79.87), which the company achieved on November 22nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as MKS Instruments Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208573663/composite MKSI -2.62% fell 4.44% to $149.23, Mesa Laboratories Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204834264/composite MLAB -0.84% fell 3.24% to $270.50, and LGL Group Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202735214/composite LGL -0.27% fell 1.27% to $10.50. Trading volume (8.6 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
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