Shares of Baxter International Inc. BAX, -0.27% dropped 0.27% to $72.79 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.57% falling 0.57% to 4,123.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.30% falling 0.30% to 32,899.37. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Baxter International Inc. closed $16.91 below its 52-week high ($89.70), which the company reached on February 9th.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, -0.70% fell 0.70% to $546.68, Medtronic PLC MDT, -1.05% fell 1.05% to $103.45, and Stryker Corp. SYK, -0.53% fell 0.53% to $240.08.true Trading volume (3.2 M) remained 402,363 below its 50-day average volume of 3.6 M.