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Shares of Hershey Co. slipped 4.7% to $175.90 on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.3% to 7,405.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.2% to 50,786.01.
Hershey Co. closed 26.5% below its 52-week high of $239.48, which the company reached on March 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as PepsiCo Inc. fell 0.9% to $140.68, Mondelez International Inc. Cl A fell 0.7% to $61.60, and J.M. Smucker Co. fell 1.71% to $101.77.
Trading volume totaled 2.6 million, compared to the 50-day average of 1.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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June 08, 2026 16:34 ET (20:34 GMT)
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