Dollar General Corp. Stock Falls Tuesday, Still Outperforms Market
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Shares of Dollar General Corp. DG shed 1.29% to $243.58 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 2.01% to 3,821.55 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.56% to 30,946.99. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Dollar General Corp. closed $18.63 below its 52-week high ($262.21), which the company achieved on April 21st.
Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Walmart Inc. WMT fell 1.41% to $122.37, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST fell 2.73% to $468.61, and Target Corp. TGT fell 3.40% to $144.52.true Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 902,124 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 28, 2022.
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June 28, 2022 16:48 ET (20:48 GMT)
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