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Shares of Autodesk Inc. slid 4.0% to $241.64 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 53,459.78.

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

Autodesk Inc. closed 26.6% below its 52-week high of $329.09, which the company achieved on September 8th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Adobe Inc. fell 3.8% to $254.04, Oracle Corp. fell 2.6% to $146.65, and Trimble Inc. fell 3.32% to $55.69.

Trading volume totaled 1.5 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.6 million.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet