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Shares of Illumina Inc. rose 7.6% to $293.69 on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.7% to 7,773.95 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.2% to 51,267.90.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Illumina Inc. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $280.17, which the company reached on September 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Labcorp Holdings Inc. rose 0.1% to $308.65, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. rose 7.1% to $310.77, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. fell 0.48% to $232.22.
Trading volume totaled 4.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet