Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) inched 0.12% higher to $91.01 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.39% to 3,949.94 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.13% to 33,700.28. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Principal Financial Group Inc. closed $5.16 short of its 52-week high ($96.17), which the company achieved on November 11th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as AFLAC Inc. (AFL) rose 0.61% to $71.37, Assurant Inc. (AIZ) rose 1.24% to $126.50, and Aegon N.V. ADR (AGN.AE) fell 1.03% to $4.79. Trading volume (1.2 M) remained 682,517 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled November 21, 2022.
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November 21, 2022 17:16 ET (22:16 GMT)
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