Shares of Ansys Inc. ANSS, -1.40% shed 1.40% to $296.03 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.45% falling 1.45% to 3,861.59 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.07% falling 1.07% to 31,909.64. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Ansys Inc. closed $32.91 short of its 52-week high ($328.94), which the company reached on March 29th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.48% fell 1.48% to $248.59, Oracle Corp. ORCL, -3.22% fell 3.22% to $84.07, and International Business Machines Corp. IBM, -0.56% fell 0.56% to $125.45. Trading volume (493,290) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 472,101.