DJ Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ slid 0.16% to $886.63 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index remaining mostly unchanged at 5,591.96 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.59% to 41,335.05.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Costco Wholesale Corp. closed $32.30 short of its 52-week high ($918.93), which the company reached on August 27th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. $(AMZN)$ rose 0.77% to $172.12 and Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ rose 0.45% to $76.42.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 242,850 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 29, 2024.
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August 29, 2024 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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