Costco Wholesale Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.83% inched 0.83% higher to $592.74 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.38% rising 0.38% to 4,567.80 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.47% rising 1.47% to 35,950.89.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Costco Wholesale Corp. closed $7.20 short of its 52-week high ($599.94), which the company reached on November 27th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.16% fell 0.16% to $146.09 and Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.25% fell 0.25% to $155.69.
Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 53,784 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
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