Shares of Rockwell Automation Inc. ROK, +1.51% rallied 1.51% to $269.06 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.09% rising 1.09% to 4,180.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.67% rising 0.67% to 34,043.49. Rockwell Automation Inc. closed $6.37 short of its 52-week high ($275.43), which the company reached on March 29th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Emerson Electric Co. EMR, +1.03% rose 1.03% to $92.46, Honeywell International Inc. HON, -2.08% fell 2.08% to $224.50, and ABB Ltd. ADR ABB, +1.39% rose 1.39% to $32.77. Trading volume (682,629) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 611,354.