DJ Hershey Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Hershey Co. $(HSY)$ rallied 1.63% to $206.19 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.11% to 6,582.69 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.13% to 46,504.67.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Hershey Co. closed 13.90% short of its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PepsiCo Inc. $(PEP)$ rose 1.53% to $157.01, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A $(MDLZ)$ rose 0.82% to $57.54, and J.M. Smucker Co. $(SJM)$ fell 0.02% to $95.47.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 367,244 below its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 2, 2026.
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April 02, 2026 16:51 ET (20:51 GMT)
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