DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ advanced 1.14% to $148.63 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.04% to 6,115.07 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.77% to 44,711.43.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Paychex Inc. closed 2.04% short of its 52-week high of $151.72, which the company achieved on February 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ rose 0.95% to $173.86, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 1.28% to $583.90, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. $(ADP)$ rose 1.16% to $310.22.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 706,969 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 13, 2025.
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February 13, 2025 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
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