Baxter International Inc. Stock Rises Thursday, Still Underperforms Market

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PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes a range of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. The Company operates through two segments: Performance Coatings and Industrial Coatings. The Performance Coatings segment primarily supplies a range of protective and decorative coatings, sealants and finishes along with pavement marking products, paint strippers, stains, and related chemicals, as well as transparencies and transparent armor. The Industrial Coatings segment primarily supplies a range of protective and decorative coatings and finishes along with adhesives, sealants, metal pretreatment products, optical monomers and coatings, low-friction coatings, precipitated silicas, and other specialty materials. Its Performance Coatings brands include PPG, GLIDDEN, COMEX, OLYMPIC, DULUX, SIGMA, HISTOR, SEIGNEURIE, PEINTURES GAUTHIER, and JOHNSTONE'S, among others. Its Industrial Coatings brands include PPG and TESLIN. It supplies its products to customers in an array of end-uses.

Baxter International Inc. Stock Rises Thursday, Still Underperforms Market

4:40 pm ET March 16, 2023 (MarketWatch) Print

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Shares of Baxter International Inc. (BAX) inched 0.37% higher to $38.37 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.76% to 3,960.28 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.17% to 32,246.55. Baxter International Inc. closed $42.35 below its 52-week high ($80.72), which the company reached on March 29th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Medtronic PLC (MDT) rose 1.10% to $79.27, Stryker Corp. (SYK) rose 0.80% to $275.21, and Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) rose 1.50% to $238.00. Trading volume (7.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled March 16, 2023.

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March 16, 2023 16:40 ET (20:40 GMT)