Shares of Paycom Software Inc. PAYC, +1.67% rallied 1.96% to $372.53 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.70%falling 0.06% to 3,913.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.32% falling 0.71% to 32,627.97. Paycom Software Inc. closed $98.55 below its 52-week high ($471.08), which the company reached on December 23rd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Oracle Corp. ORCL, +0.09% fell 0.72% to $66.26, Workday Inc. Cl A WDAY, +2.40% rose 0.84% to $251.23, and Paychex Inc. PAYX, +0.77%fell 1.49% to $95.84. Trading volume (432,453) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 424,648.