FleetCor Technologies Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of FleetCor Technologies Inc. FLT, +1.38% rallied 1.38% to $240.50 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 third consecutive day of gains.

FleetCor Technologies Inc. closed $37.85 short of its 52-week high ($278.35), which the company achieved on September 20th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL, -0.62% fell 0.62% to $57.61, Fidelity National Information Services Inc. FIS, +0.79% rose 0.79% to $58.64, and Fiserv Inc. FI, +0.97% rose 0.97% to $130.61.

Trading volume (558,355) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 451,318.

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