Roper Technologies Inc. stock falls Friday, underperforms market – MarketWatch

Shares of Roper Technologies Inc. ROP, -1.09% slid 1.09% to $432.09 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.25% falling 0.25% to 3,839.50 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.22% falling 0.22% to 33,147.25. Roper Technologies Inc. closed $61.95 below its 52-week high ($494.04), which the company achieved on December 31st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Honeywell International Inc. HON, -0.21% fell 0.21% to $214.30, Autodesk Inc. ADSK, -0.66% fell 0.66% to $186.87, and Agilent Technologies Inc. A, -0.81% fell 0.81% to $149.65. Trading volume (271,567) remained 241,734 below its 50-day average volume of 513,301.
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