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Shares of Teradyne Inc. slid 4.3% to $411.78 on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.2% to 7,801.77 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.7% to 51,179.87.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.

Teradyne Inc. closed 15.6% short of its 52-week high of $487.91, which the company reached on June 30th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Keysight Technologies Inc. fell 1.7% to $381.42, Fortive Corp. fell 2.4% to $56.52, and Cohu Inc. fell 3.17% to $70.78.

Trading volume totaled 2.4 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.8 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet