Hillenbrand Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Hillenbrand Inc. HI, +0.89% inched 0.89% higher to $38.74 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 second consecutive day of gains.

Hillenbrand Inc. closed $15.02 below its 52-week high ($53.76), which the company reached on June 7th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Service Corp. International SCI, +0.41% rose 0.41% to $61.27 and Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, +1.61% rose 1.61% to $123.73.

Trading volume (501,087) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 262,003.

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