Fortive Corp. stock outperforms market on strong trading day
Shares of Fortive Corp. FTV, +1.88% advanced 1.88% to $68.98 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great 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.
Fortive Corp. closed $10.92 short of its 52-week high ($79.90), which the company reached on August 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Emerson Electric Co. EMR, +0.67% rose 0.67% to $88.90, Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS, -1.44% fell 1.44% to $135.89, and Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD, -0.05% fell 0.05% to $1,091.93.
Trading volume (3.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
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