Shares of Hologic Inc. HOLX, -0.78% slid 0.78% to $79.64 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.30% falling 0.30% to 3,970.15 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.71% falling 0.71% to 32,656.70. Hologic Inc. closed $7.01 short of its 52-week high ($86.65), which the company reached on February 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -1.52% fell 1.52% to $153.26, Abbott Laboratories ABT, +1.95% rose 1.95% to $101.72, and Medtronic PLC MDT, -0.71% fell 0.71% to $82.80. Trading volume (2.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.