Shares of Danaher Corp. DHR, -2.17% dropped 0.76% to $278.24 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.45% falling 1.48% to 4,393.66 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.67% falling 1.05% to 34,792.76. Danaher Corp. closed $55.72 below its 52-week high ($333.96), which the company reached on September 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, -1.53% fell 1.81% to $580.43, Honeywell International Inc. HON, -0.75% fell 0.20% to $195.94, and 3M Co. MMM, -1.44% rose 0.78% to $151.77. Trading volume (3.5 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.