DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ slid 1.16% to $148.51 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.71% to 6,013.13 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.69% to 43,428.02.
The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.
Paychex Inc. closed 2.12% below 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 Friday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 4.65% to $167.81, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ fell 2.35% to $565.47, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. $(ADP)$ fell 0.39% to $310.76.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 303,129 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 21, 2025.
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February 21, 2025 16:48 ET (21:48 GMT)
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