Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. BDX, -0.05% sank 0.70% to $227.67 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.26% rising 0.92% to 3,992.93 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.12% rising 0.10% to 33,747.86. Becton Dickinson & Co. closed $49.62 short of its 52-week high ($277.29), which the company achieved on April 8th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, -0.52% rose 3.48% to $538.68, Intuitive Surgical Inc. ISRG, -1.79% rose 2.80% to $265.08, and Baxter International Inc. BAX, -0.56% rose 2.14% to $54.88. Trading volume (1.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.