Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Falls Wednesday, Still Outperforms Market
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) slipped 1.30% to $89.47 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.08% to 3,748.57 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.95% to 32,513.94. The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Principal Financial Group Inc. closed $1.55 below its 52-week high ($91.02), which the company reached on November 8th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as AFLAC Inc. (AFL) fell 0.68% to $67.52, Assurant Inc. (AIZ) fell 0.31% to $122.62, and Aegon N.V. ADR (AGN.AE) fell 1.49% to $4.64. Trading volume (1.0 M) remained 916,757 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 9, 2022.
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November 09, 2022 17:16 ET (22:16 GMT)
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