DJ Zoetis Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) advanced 1.54% to $78.92 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.67% to 7,353.61 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Zoetis Inc. closed 54.18% short of its 52-week high of $172.23, which the company reached on June 3rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 1.49% to $114.24 and IDEXX Laboratories Inc. $(IDXX)$ rose 0.13% to $546.49.
Trading volume (7.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.
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