Illumina Inc. Stock Advances 5.6%, Outperforms Market
Dow Jones2026/10/21 20:33This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Illumina Inc. rallied 5.6% to $282.86 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 7,757.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.7% to 52,856.09.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Illumina Inc. closed 8.6% short of its 52-week high of $309.35, which the company achieved on October 6th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Labcorp Holdings Inc. rose 0.2% to $323.75, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. rose 9.3% to $344.87, and Quest Diagnostics Inc. rose 0.76% to $238.93.
Trading volume totaled 2.2 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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October 21, 2026 16:33 ET (20:33 GMT)
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