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Shares of Illumina Inc. rose 4.0% to $213.24 on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.9% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.3% to 52,759.21.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Illumina Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $207.00, which the company achieved on August 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Labcorp Holdings Inc. rose 0.7% to $332.81, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. rose 0.5% to $291.45, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. fell 0.19% to $241.30.
Trading volume totaled 3.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet