shares of ametek inc ame inched 029 higher to 13797 thursday on what proved to be an allaround dismal trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx falling 060 to 412979 and dow jones industrial average djia falling 033 to 3378662 ametek inc closed 1009 below its 52week high 14806 which the company achieved on february 6th the stock outperformed some of its competitors thursday as emerson electric co emr fell 058 to 8587 amphenol corp cl a aph fell 025 to 7716 and mettlertoledo international inc mtd fell 372 to 153956 trading volume 886426 remained 125692 below its 50day average volume of 10 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use