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Shares of Fortive Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207268286/composite FTV -0.39% shed 1.39% to $68.66 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.37% falling 0.54% to 4,326.51 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.26% falling 0.02% to 34,160.78. This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses. Fortive Corp. closed $11.21 short of its 52-week high ($79.87), which the company reached on November 22nd.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as MKS Instruments Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208573663/composite MKSI -0.31% fell 7.86% to $145.45, Mesa Laboratories Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204834264/composite MLAB -2.38% fell 2.63% to $271.99, and LGL Group Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202735214/composite LGL -1.00% fell 4.77% to $10.05.true Trading volume (2.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
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