Mettler-Toledo Worldwide Inc. inventory outperforms market on sturdy buying and selling day

Shares in Mettler-Toledo International Inc.
MTD, + 0.39%
rose 0.39% to $ 1,575.31 on Friday in what turned out to be an all-round poor trading session for the stock market with the S&P 500 index
SPX, -0.03%
Down 0.03% to 4,535.43 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA, -0.21%
Decrease by 0.21% to 35,369.09. This was the second consecutive day of earnings for the stock. Mettler-Toledo International Inc. closed $ 18.81 below its 52-week high ($ 1,594.12) the company hit on August 31.

The stock showed mixed performance versus some of its competitors on Friday, such as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
TMO, + 0.47%
rose 0.47% to $ 568.11, Danaher Corp.
DHR, + 0.30%
rose 0.30% to $ 332.43 and Xylem Inc.
XYL, -0.57%
fell 0.57% to $ 137.25. The trading volume (66,298) remained 24,629 below its 50-day average volume of 90,927.

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