PerkinElmer Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors Company Close Updates

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Shares of PerkinElmer Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203769792/composite PKI +6.50% slipped 3.02% to $168.86 Tuesday, 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 +2.47% falling 1.22% to 4,356.45 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.76% falling 0.19% to 34,297.73. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses. PerkinElmer Inc. closed $34.30 below its 52-week high ($203.16), which the company achieved on December 31st.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. /zigman2/quotes/201150432/composite TMO +5.97% fell 1.40% to $567.75, Becton Dickinson & Co. /zigman2/quotes/205527610/composite BDX +1.57% fell 0.72% to $258.10, and Illumina Inc. /zigman2/quotes/203509482/composite ILMN +5.95% fell 5.53% to $344.76. Trading volume (932,373) remained 188,532 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.

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