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Shares of Illumina Inc. rose 5.5% to $134.46 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 6,878.88 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.1% to 48,977.92.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Illumina Inc. closed 13.5% short of its 52-week high of $155.53, which the company achieved on January 22nd.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Labcorp Holdings Inc. rose 0.8% to $289.12, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. rose 1.7% to $178.49, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. rose 0.38% to $211.91.
Trading volume totaled 4.0 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.1 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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February 27, 2026 16:35 ET (21:35 GMT)
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