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Updated · MarketWatch · May 1Medtronic stock slides 1.20% and underperforms competitors
10 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 1
- The shares closed at $80.00 as the S&P 500 rose 0.29% to 7,230.12 and the Dow fell 0.31% to 49,499.27.
- Medtronic ended 24.76% below its 52-week high of $106.33 reached on 26 November, despite rivals Johnson & Johnson, Danaher and Abbott also declining.
- Trading volume was 8.3 million shares, about 139,660 below its 50-day average of 8.4 million, indicating slightly lighter-than-usual activity.
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