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Shares of Verisk Analytics Inc. advanced 6.1% to $187.03 on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.5% to 7,619.98 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.3% to 52,421.20.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Verisk Analytics Inc. closed 30.0% short of its 52-week high of $267.07, which the company reached on September 12th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its peers, as Fair Isaac Corp. rose 1.6% to $1,001.50, Prism Technologies Group Inc. rose 9,900.0% to $0.00.
Trading volume totaled 1.3 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.5 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet