Principal Financial Group Inc. Stock Rises Tuesday, Outperforms Market
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Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) inched 0.02% higher to $89.34 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.20% to 3,990.97 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.14% to 33,910.85. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Principal Financial Group Inc. closed $6.83 short of its 52-week high ($96.17), which the company reached on November 11th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as Chubb Ltd. (CB) fell 1.13% to $224.63. Trading volume (1.1 M) remained 445,006 below its 50-day average volume of 1.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled Janurary 17, 2023.
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January 17, 2023 17:18 ET (22:18 GMT)
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