Agilent Technologies Inc. stock falls Wednesday, underperforms market – MarketWatch

Shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. A, -0.96% slid 0.96% to $155.35 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.59% rising 0.59% to 4,027.26 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.28% rising 0.28% to 34,194.06. Agilent Technologies Inc. closed $7.27 short of its 52-week high ($162.62), which the company achieved on December 30th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, +0.47% rose 0.47% to $547.29, Danaher Corp. DHR, +0.50% rose 0.50% to $263.35, and General Electric Co. GE, +0.65% rose 0.65% to $87.87. Trading volume (1.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.
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