DJ Dollar General Corp. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. $(DG)$ slipped 1.75% to $78.42 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.54% to 6,051.25 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.53% to 43,914.12.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Dollar General Corp. closed $89.65 short of its 52-week high ($168.07), which the company reached on March 14th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. $(AMZN)$ fell 0.56% to $228.97, Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ fell 0.92% to $94.09, and Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ fell 0.63% to $988.39.
Trading volume (2.7 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled December 12, 2024.
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December 12, 2024 17:12 ET (22:12 GMT)
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