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Shares of Steris PLC slipped 7.7% to $243.81 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.2% to 6,798.40 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.2% to 48,908.72.
Steris PLC closed 9.5% below its 52-week high of $269.44, which the company reached on January 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell 4.0% to $542.36, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. fell 1.7% to $215.75, and Becton Dickinson & Co. fell 0.65% to $206.51.
Trading volume totaled 3.9 million, compared to the 50-day average of 562,967.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 05, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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