DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rallied 2.77% to $170.21 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.48% to 7,600.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.32% to 53,178.41.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed 9.15% short of its 52-week high of $187.35, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ rose 1.29% to $197.50, Medtronic PLC $(MDT)$ rose 1.51% to $86.68, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ rose 4.63% to $87.31.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 647,359 below its 50-day average volume of 2.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 3, 2026.