Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Outperforms Market On Strong Trading Day
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) inched 0.58% higher to $485.25 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.40% to 3,999.09 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.33% to 34,302.61. Costco Wholesale Corp. closed $127.02 short of its 52-week high ($612.27), which the company achieved on April 7th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) rose 2.99% to $98.12 and Walmart Inc. (WMT) rose 0.33% to $145.29. Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 927,635 below its 50-day average volume of 2.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled Janurary 13, 2023.
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January 13, 2023 16:47 ET (21:47 GMT)
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