Shares of Equifax Inc. EFX, -4.78% slid 4.78% to $233.45 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -2.44% falling 2.44% to 4,477.44 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.45% falling 1.45% to 35,111.16. The stock’s fall snapped a four-day winning streak. Equifax Inc. closed $66.66 short of its 52-week high ($300.11), which the company achieved on December 13th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Fidelity National Information Services Inc. FIS, -3.90% fell 3.90% to $115.43, Fiserv Inc. FISV, -1.92% fell 1.92% to $106.28, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP, -1.33% fell 1.33% to $205.13. Trading volume (1.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 892,302.