Costco Wholesale Corp. Stock Rises Thursday, Still Underperforms Market
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Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) inched 0.20% higher to $512.60 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.99% to 4,221.02 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.47% to 33,061.57.
This was the stock's fifth consecutive day of gains.
Costco Wholesale Corp. closed $52.15 short of its 52-week high ($564.75), which the company reached on August 18th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) rose 1.82% to $122.77 and Walmart Inc. (WMT) rose 0.37% to $147.41.
Trading volume (2.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 1, 2023.
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