Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, -1.86% slipped 1.86% to $187.24 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +2.59% rising 2.59% to 3,678.43 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.66% rising 2.66% to 29,490.89. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Illumina Inc. closed $240.76 below its 52-week high ($428.00), which the company achieved on January 12th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, +3.10% rose 3.10% to $522.93, Danaher Corp. DHR, +4.07% rose 4.07% to $268.79, and Agilent Technologies Inc. A, +4.15% rose 4.15% to $126.38. Trading volume (3.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.