Shares of Walmart Inc.
WMT,
inched 0.65% higher to $149.42 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
rising 0.19% to 4,605.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 0.25% to 35,819.56. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of gains. Walmart Inc. closed $4.24 short of its 52-week high ($153.66), which the company reached on December 1st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
fell 2.15% to $3,372.43, Costco Wholesale Corp.
COST,
rose 0.21% to $491.54, and Target Corp.
TGT,
rose 0.54% to $259.62. Trading volume (7.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 6.7 M.
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