Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Rises Tuesday, Outperforms Market
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) inched 0.22% higher to $88.32 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.41% to 3,856.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.24% to 32,653.20. This was the stock's eighth consecutive day of gains. Principal Financial Group Inc. closed $0.20 below its 52-week high ($88.52), which the company reached on October 31st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as AFLAC Inc. (AFL) rose 2.61% to $66.81, Assurant Inc. (AIZ) fell 0.85% to $134.70, and Aegon N.V. ADR (AGN.AE) fell 0.43% to $4.59. Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 323,264 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 1, 2022.
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November 01, 2022 17:16 ET (21:16 GMT)
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