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Shares of W.W. Grainger Inc. /zigman2/quotes/200853098/composite GWW +0.61% rallied 1.10% to $561.40 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.80% falling 0.41% to 3,908.19 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +0.17% falling 0.55% to 31,145.30. W.W. Grainger Inc. closed $27.22 short of its 52-week high ($588.62), which the company achieved on August 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Fastenal Co. /zigman2/quotes/206312496/composite FAST +0.37% fell 0.34% to $50.30, Watsco Inc. Cl B /zigman2/quotes/201577329/composite WSO.B -2.86% rose 26.22% to $305.03, and Snap-On Inc. /zigman2/quotes/201424054/composite SNA -0.05% rose 1.73% to $217.11. Trading volume (336,140) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 291,857.
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