Shares of Equifax Inc. EFX, +3.38% rallied 3.38% to $202.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.99% rising 1.99% to 4,057.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.61% rising 1.61% to 32,637.19. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Equifax Inc. closed $97.88 short of its 52-week high ($300.11), which the company achieved on December 13th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Fidelity National Information Services Inc. FIS, +2.77% rose 2.77% to $104.20, Fiserv Inc. FISV, +1.87% rose 1.87% to $99.29, and Automatic Data Processing Inc. ADP, +2.05% rose 2.05% to $218.28. Trading volume (823,882) remained 288,125 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.