Dollar General Corp. Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. DG rallied 1.76% to $247.90 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 3.06% to 3,911.74 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 2.68% to 31,500.68. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains. Dollar General Corp. closed $14.31 short of its 52-week high ($262.21), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Walmart Inc. WMT rose 0.08% to $123.72, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST rose 1.97% to $484.37, and Target Corp. TGT rose 2.46% to $150.42. Trading volume (3.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.1 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 24, 2022.
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June 24, 2022 16:48 ET (20:48 GMT)
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