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Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. jumped 10.9% to $307.25 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 6,738.44 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 46,734.61.
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed 12.8% short of its 52-week high of $352.33, which the company achieved on October 24th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Abbott Laboratories fell 1.3% to $126.34, Becton Dickinson & Co. fell 0.8% to $186.53, and Baxter International Inc. rose 0.26% to $22.99.
Trading volume totaled 1.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 612,329.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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October 23, 2025 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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