Shares of Linde PLC LIN, +2.70% shed 3.64% to $282.56 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.86% falling 1.55% to 4,306.26 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.79% falling 1.76% to 33,294.95. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Linde PLC closed $69.62 short of its 52-week high ($352.18), which the company reached on January 5th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Air Products & Chemicals Inc. APD, +1.21% fell 2.44% to $230.53, DuPont de Nemours Inc. DD, +1.96% fell 2.26% to $75.62, and Dow Inc. DOW, +3.62% fell 3.10% to $57.13. Trading volume (3.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.