Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, -2.62% shed 2.62% to $225.55 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.60% falling 0.60% to 4,129.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.33% falling 0.33% to 33,786.62.
Illumina Inc. closed $127.41 short of its 52-week high ($352.96), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings LH, +0.11% rose 0.11% to $231.54, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. CRL, -2.43% fell 2.43% to $197.94, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. DGX, +0.21% rose 0.21% to $143.85.
Trading volume (967,677) remained 312,758 below its 50-day average volume of 1.3 M.