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Shares of Kroger Co. KR slid 1.89% to $47.23 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.16% to 3,831.39 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.42% to 30,967.82. Kroger Co. closed $15.55 short of its 52-week high ($62.78), which the company achieved on April 8th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Walmart Inc. WMT rose 1.32% to $124.25, Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. SFM fell 1.17% to $25.42, and Ingles Markets Inc. Cl A IMKTA fell 0.15% to $87.52. Trading volume (4.4 M) remained 2.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 6.7 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 5, 2022.

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July 05, 2022 17:03 ET (21:03 GMT)

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