Published on 6 May 2022 on Market Watch
Shares of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. shed 2.75% to $100.52 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.57% to 4,123.34 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.30% to 32,899.37. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. closed $31.21 short of its 52-week high ($131.73), which the company achieved on December 30th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Medtronic PLC fell 1.05% to $103.45, Boston Scientific Corp. fell 2.81% to $40.85, and ICU Medical Inc. fell 0.74% to $206.25. Trading volume (4.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.