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Shares of Illinois Tool Works Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208031922/composite ITW -1.52% inched 0.40% higher to $241.94 Friday, 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 -1.04% falling 0.14% to 4,697.96 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.38% falling 0.75% to 35,601.98. Illinois Tool Works Inc. closed $1.80 below its 52-week high ($243.74), which the company reached on November 18th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as 3M Co. /zigman2/quotes/205029460/composite MMM -2.33% rose 0.26% to $179.23, Parker Hannifin Corp. /zigman2/quotes/202924304/composite PH +3.69% fell 0.77% to $329.75, and Stanley Black & Decker Inc. /zigman2/quotes/206369278/composite SWK -2.16% fell 1.07% to $190.25. Trading volume (1.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 923,582.
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