Keysight Technologies Inc. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market – MarketWatch

Shares of Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS, -1.38% advanced 2.77% to $141.26 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.63% rising 1.99% to 4,057.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.05% rising 1.61% to 32,637.19. The stock’s rise snapped a two-day losing streak. Keysight Technologies Inc. closed $67.82 short of its 52-week high ($209.08), which the company reached on December 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as National Instruments Corp. NATI, -0.84% rose 0.96% to $34.68, Ametek Inc. AME, -0.65% rose 2.02% to $120.44, and Danaher Corp. DHR, -2.64% rose 0.56% to $251.71. Trading volume (865,137) remained 181,548 below its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.
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