# Caterpillar Shares Trade 30.2% Below 52-Week High By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/32029 Published: 2026-10-14T20:10:05.000Z Updated: 2026-10-14T20:10:05.000Z Section: Investing > The stock was quoted at $749.17 during trading Oct. 14. U.S. indexes also showed declines as September inflation rose 3.7% year over year. Caterpillar shares fell 3.1% during trading on Oct. 14, while trading 30.2% below their 52-week high, as U.S. stock indexes declined on the day September inflation data was released. The shares were quoted at $749.17 at 1:09 p.m. ET (17:09 UTC), compared with a 52-week high of $1,073.46. The quote was intraday. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in September and 3.7% over the 12 months through September, compared with 3.4% in August. Gasoline prices increased 9.1% during the month, accounting for more than half of the monthly rise in the all-items index. With about an hour left in trading, the S&P 500 was at a level 1.3% lower, the Nasdaq Composite 2.1% lower and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.4% lower. The moves offer market context but do not establish a company-specific reason for Caterpillar’s share decline. Caterpillar closed below its 20-, 50- and 200-day exponential moving averages on Oct. 13; the 200-day average was $780.53. The stock’s [previous-session technical levels]() showed it below all three averages. ## Links in this article - [previous-session technical levels](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/31696)