Agilent Technologies stock slips 2.55% in favourable trading session

9 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 8

Shares closed at $115.62 as the S&P 500 rose 0.84% to 7,398.93 and the Dow Jones gained 0.02% to 49,609.16.
The decline ended a three-day winning streak, leaving Agilent 27.86% below its 52-week high of $160.27 reached on 25 November.
Among peers, Thermo Fisher fell 1.99%, Danaher 2.56% and Abbott 3.09%, while Agilent trading volume of 2.7 million topped its 50-day average of 2.2 million.

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