Caterpillar share price

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. +1.79% shed 1.84% to $222.47 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index +1.22% falling 0.20% to 4,273.79 and Dow Jones Industrial Average +1.26% falling 0.59% to 33,562.86. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Caterpillar Inc. closed $43.57 below its 52-week high ($266.04), which the company reached on January 27th. Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Monday, as Deere & Co. +1.87% fell 2.00% to $363.65. Trading volume (3.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.1 M. Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by

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