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Shares of Illumina Inc. rose 6.8% to $222.29 on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.4% to 7,585.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.6% to 52,093.11.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Illumina Inc. closed 4.1% short of its 52-week high of $231.81, which the company reached on August 27th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Labcorp Holdings Inc. rose 2.7% to $323.97, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. fell 0.1% to $272.88, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. rose 3.86% to $247.08.
Trading volume totaled 3.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet