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Shares of Fortive Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207268286/composite FTV +4.15% inched 0.13% higher to $70.63 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.30% rising 0.69% to 4,546.54 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.00% rising 0.78% to 35,405.24. This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains. Fortive Corp. closed $9.24 below its 52-week high ($79.87), which the company achieved on November 22nd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as MKS Instruments Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208573663/composite MKSI +7.22% fell 0.22% to $154.99, Mesa Laboratories Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204834264/composite MLAB -0.26% fell 0.81% to $282.04, and LGL Group Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202735214/composite LGL +0.64% rose 1.63% to $10.57. Trading volume (2.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
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