Ametek Inc. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market
Shares of Ametek Inc. AME, +1.54% rallied 1.54% to $155.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.38% rising 0.38% to 4,567.80 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.47% rising 1.47% to 35,950.89.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Ametek Inc. closed $9.52 below its 52-week high ($164.75), which the company achieved on August 1st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Emerson Electric Co. EMR, +0.67% rose 0.67% to $88.90, Amphenol Corp. Cl +0.90% rose 0.90% to $90.99, and Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD, -0.05% fell 0.05% to $1,091.93.
Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
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