Published on 24 Nov 2021 on Market Watch
Shares of West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. inched 0.70% higher to $433.72 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.23% to 4,701.46 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.03% to 35,804.38. The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak. West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. closed $41.63 short of its 52-week high ($475.35), which the company reached on September 9th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson fell 0.28% to $160.24, Medtronic PLC rose 0.93% to $114.44, and Stryker Corp. rose 0.24% to $255.15. Trading volume (280,588) remained 86,876 below its 50-day average volume of 367,464.