Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, -2.52% slipped 2.52% to $106.66 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.05% rising 1.05% to 4,237.86 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.67% rising 0.67% to 33,274.58.
Illumina Inc. closed $142.21 below its 52-week high ($248.87), which the company reached on November 11th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings LH, +2.11% rose 2.11% to $203.95, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. CRL, -0.50% fell 0.50% to $167.52, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. DGX, +1.87% rose 1.87% to $132.53.
Trading volume (3.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.