Shares of Hillenbrand Inc. HI, +0.37% inched 0.37% higher to $48.65 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.12% rising 1.12% to 5,175.27 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.61% rising 0.61% to 39,005.49.
Hillenbrand Inc. closed $5.11 short of its 52-week high ($53.76), which the company achieved on June 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Service Corp. International SCI, +0.33% rose 0.33% to $75.36 and Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, -0.06% fell 0.06% to $126.71.
Trading volume (252,405) remained 36,383 below its 50-day average volume of 288,788.