Shares of Teleflex Inc. TFX, -1.08% slipped 1.08% to $206.25 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +3.06% rising 3.06% to 3,790.93 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.80% rising 2.80% to 30,316.32. Teleflex Inc. closed $176.21 below its 52-week high ($382.46), which the company reached on October 7th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +1.48% rose 1.48% to $165.62, Becton Dickinson & Co. BDX, +2.68% rose 2.68% to $236.97, and Boston Scientific Corp. BSX, +2.88% rose 2.88% to $41.03. Trading volume (972,761) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 433,360.