Corning Inc. Stock Climbs 4.3%, Outperforms Peers
Dow Jones2026/08/17 20:35This article was automatically generated by Dow Jones using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Corning Inc. rose 4.3% to $173.21 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 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.5% to 53,459.78.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
Corning Inc. closed 36.3% below its 52-week high of $271.78, which the company reached on June 30th.
The stock outperformed some of its peers, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. fell 0.5% to $585.51, Danaher Corp. rose 0.1% to $202.63, and Vistance Networks Inc. rose 1.13% to $11.66.
Trading volume totaled 11.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 14.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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August 17, 2026 16:35 ET (20:35 GMT)
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