DJ Paychex Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Paychex Inc. $(PAYX)$ rose 1.59% to $154.43 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.41% to 5,916.93 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.65% to 42,322.75.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Paychex Inc. closed 2.49% below its 52-week high of $158.37, which the company reached on March 10th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Oracle Corp. $(ORCL)$ fell 2.18% to $159.40, Intuit Inc. $(INTU)$ rose 1.30% to $661.31, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. $(ADP)$ rose 2.08% to $315.85.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 799,705 below its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 15, 2025.
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