Shares of Quest Diagnostics Inc. DGX, 0.63% shed 0.67% to $153.90 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.18% rising 0.23% to 4,468.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.26% rising 0.76% to 34,869.63. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Quest Diagnostics Inc. closed $6.66 short of its 52-week high ($160.56), which the company achieved on September 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings LH, 0.36% fell 1.16% to $297.46, Qiagen N.V. QGEN, 0.96% fell 3.72% to $53.37, and Sonic Healthcare Ltd. ADR SKHHY, +2.15% rose 2.15% to $31.14. Trading volume (1.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.