H&R Block Inc. Stock Rises Tuesday, Outperforms Market
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Shares of H&R Block Inc. (HRB) rose 1.23% to $24.73 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.59% to 36,799.65 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.06% to 4,793.54. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. H&R Block Inc. closed $1.78 short of its 52-week high ($26.51), which the company achieved on September 2nd.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Intuit Inc. (INTU) fell 2.08% to $618.32, Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) rose 0.47% to $245.15, and Western Union Co. (WU) fell 0.54% to $18.43. Trading volume (2.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled Janurary 4, 2022.
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January 04, 2022 17:01 ET (22:01 GMT)
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