Equifax Inc. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market

Shares of Equifax Inc. EFX, +0.51% inched 0.51% higher to $217.71 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 12th consecutive day of gains.

Equifax Inc. closed $22.64 short of its 52-week high ($240.35), which the company achieved on July 19th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as S&P Global Inc. SPGI, +0.29% rose 0.29% to $415.83, Moody's Corp. MCO, +0.85% rose 0.85% to $364.96, and Fortinet Inc. FTNT, -1.94% fell 1.94% to $52.56.

Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 833,790.

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