March 24, 2016 - 12:54 PM EDT
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Closes 2.19% Up on the Day for March 24

Dow Jones component Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) saw its stock move 2.19% to $75.29, representing a per-share move of $1.61, on volume of 7.03 million shares for Thursday.

Caterpillar Inc. currently has a total float of 582.32 million shares and moves 6.46 million a day, on average. The stock opened at $72.93 on March 24 and traded between a low of $72.73 and a high of $75.35. The stock now has a 50-day SMA of $66.38 and 200-day SMA of $71.18, and it has a high of $89.62 and low of $56.36 over the last year. Its P/E ratio is 21.2 and its P/B ratio is 2.96.

Caterpillar Inc manufactures construction & mining equipment, diesel & natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Its business segments are Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation.

Based out of Peoria, IL, Caterpillar Inc. has 105,700 employees and is helmed by CEO Douglas R. Oberhelman.

For a deeper dive into the fundamentals of Caterpillar Inc., check out equities.com’s E.V.A. report for CAT.

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