Shares of Align Technology Inc.
ALGN,
advanced 1.98% to $567.11 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
falling 0.48% to 3,811.15 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
falling 1.50% to 30,932.37. Align Technology Inc. closed $67.35 below its 52-week high ($634.46), which the company achieved on February 4th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Danaher Corp.
DHR,
rose 0.19% to $219.67, 3M Co.
MMM,
fell 2.07% to $175.06, and Dentsply Sirona Inc.
XRAY,
rose 1.22% to $53.07. Trading volume (1.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 507,582.
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