DJ Southern Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Southern Co. $(SO)$ advanced 2.09% to $93.71 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.32% to 49,686.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.07% to 7,403.05.
Southern Co. closed 7.07% below its 52-week high of $100.84, which the company achieved on October 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ fell 4.63% to $89.04, Dominion Energy Inc. (D) rose 9.44% to $67.56, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. $(AEP)$ rose 2.02% to $127.68.
Trading volume (6.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 18, 2026.
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May 18, 2026 16:38 ET (20:38 GMT)
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