Shares of Cardinal Health Inc. CAH, +0.88% inched 0.88% higher to $106.39 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.88% rising 0.88% to 4,780.94 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.54% rising 0.54% to 37,468.61.
Cardinal Health Inc. closed $2.46 below its 52-week high ($108.85), which the company achieved on December 13th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.18% rose 1.18% to $153.50, UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, -1.64% fell 1.64% to $516.34, and CVS Health Corp. CVS, -4.04% fell 4.04% to $73.88.
Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 878,739 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.