Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B stock falls Wednesday, still outperforms

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B
BRK.B,

dropped 0.61% to $275.00 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,

falling 1.18% to 4,513.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,

falling 1.34% to 34,022.04. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of losses. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B closed $20.65 short of its 52-week high ($295.65), which the company achieved on November 8th.

Trading volume (5.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.9 M.