DJ Dollar General Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. $(DG)$ advanced 2.15% to $128.68 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.52% to 7,316.15 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 2.19% to 51,594.14.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains.
Dollar General Corp. closed 18.68% below its 52-week high of $158.23, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) fell 1.82% to $226.65, Walmart Inc. $(WMT)$ rose 0.99% to $114.22, and Costco Wholesale Corp. $(COST)$ rose 0.77% to $974.03.
Trading volume (1.8 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.4 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 29, 2026.
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