NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX) hit a new 52-week high Friday as it is currently trading at $24.75, above its previous 52-week high of $24.70 with 134,613 shares traded as of 1:49 p.m. ET. Average volume has been 248,600 shares over the past 30 days. Luminex has a market cap of $1.01 billion and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are up 14.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Luminex Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of proprietary biological testing technologies and products for the life sciences and diagnostic industries. The company has a P/E ratio of 70.9, equal to the average health services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
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