DJ AES Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of AES Corp. $(AES)$ rallied 1.10% to $14.73 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.08% to 7,432.97 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.31% to 50,009.35.
This was the stock's ninth consecutive day of gains.
AES Corp. closed 16.54% short of its 52-week high of $17.65, which the company reached on February 27th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ fell 1.99% to $88.27, Duke Energy Corp. $(DUK)$ fell 0.60% to $123.81, and Dominion Energy Inc. (D) fell 0.59% to $67.73.
Trading volume (14.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 11.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 20, 2026.
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