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Walmart Inc. stock rises Wednesday, still underperforms market


Shares of Walmart Inc.
WMT,
+0.31%

inched 0.31% higher to $150.18 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+0.65%

rising 0.65% to 4,660.57 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.29%

rising 0.29% to 36,157.58. Walmart Inc. closed $3.48 short of its 52-week high ($153.66), which the company achieved on December 1st.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
+2.15%

rose 2.15% to $3,384.00, Costco Wholesale Corp.
COST,
+1.07%

rose 1.07% to $502.33, and Target Corp.
TGT,
+0.06%

rose 0.06% to $260.41. Trading volume (4.7 M) remained 2.0 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.7 M.


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