Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Outperforms Market On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) advanced 7.26% to $482.87 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 2.28% to 3,895.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 2.13% to 33,630.61. Costco Wholesale Corp. closed $129.40 short of its 52-week high ($612.27), which the company achieved on April 7th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) rose 3.56% to $86.08 and Walmart Inc. (WMT) rose 2.45% to $146.78. Trading volume (5.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled Janurary 6, 2023.
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January 06, 2023 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
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