IDEX Corporation (IEX)

IDEX Corporation is trading at $224.63, down 0.99% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $230.77 and the 200 day at $213.73, which puts the stock in a uptrend. RSI is at 57.4, which reads as strong, and MACD is bullish crossover. Volume is average.

The nearest support is around $232.19 with resistance near $239.70, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $4.74, or about 2.1% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 80 out of 100 combines a trend score of 77, momentum of 81 and a risk score of 84.

IDEX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides applied solutions in the United States, North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Health & Science Technologies (HST), Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT) and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (FSDP). The HST segment designs, produces, and distributes a range of precision fluidics, positive displacement pumps, powder and liquid processing technologies, drying systems, micro-precision components, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, high performance molded and extruded sealing components, and custom mechanical and shaft seals. This segment also offers engineered hygienic mixers and valves, biocompatible medical devices and implantable products, air compressors and blowers, optical components and coatings, ultra-precision diamond tools, and laboratory and commercial equipment, as well as precision photonic solutions, technical ceramics, hermetic sealing products, porous material structures, and flow control solutions. The FMT segment designs, produces, and distributes positive displacement pumps, valves, small volume provers, flow meters, injectors, other fluid-handling pump modules, and systems; and provides flow monitoring and other services. The FSDP segment designs, produces, and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls, and rescue tools; lifting bags and other components and systems; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.