Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. stock outperforms market on strong trading day

Shares of Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. PLAY, +0.69% inched 0.69% higher to $41.04 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.47% rising 1.47% to 35,950.89 and the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, -0.23% falling 0.23% to 14,226.22.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. closed $6.25 below its 52-week high ($47.29), which the company achieved on June 13th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Mondelez International Inc. Cl +0.88% rose 0.88% to $71.06 and TreeHouse Foods Inc. THS, +2.16% rose 2.16% to $40.71.

Trading volume (839,472) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 764,237.

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