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Tuesday Sector Laggards: Defense, Diagnostics

May 05, 2026 — 01:45 pm EDT

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In trading on Tuesday, defense shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries, down about 11% and shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions down about 5.4% on the day.

Also lagging the market Tuesday are diagnostics shares, down on the day by about 2.3% as a group, led down by GeneDx Holdings, trading lower by about 49.8% and Nutex Health, trading lower by about 11.9%.

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