Danaher Corp. Stock Slides 4.4%, Underperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/10/01 20:34This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Danaher Corp. slipped 4.4% to $211.76 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.2% to 7,666.45 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged at 50,926.56.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Danaher Corp. closed 12.8% short of its 52-week high of $242.80, which the company reached on January 22nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell 3.3% to $652.51, Abbott Laboratories fell 2.2% to $96.69, and Medtronic PLC rose 0.17% to $86.44.
Trading volume totaled 5.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 4.4 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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October 01, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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