Shares of Paychex Inc. PAYX, -1.49% slid 1.49% to $95.84 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.06% falling 0.06% to 3,913.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.71% falling 0.71% to 32,627.97. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of losses. Paychex Inc. closed $4.11 below its 52-week high ($99.95), which the company achieved on December 23rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Intuit Inc. INTU, +1.95% rose 1.95% to $381.28, Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP, -1.14% fell 1.14% to $183.93, and Equifax Inc. EFX, +0.86% rose 0.86% to $174.18. Trading volume (7.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
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