General Mills Inc. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market

Shares of General Mills Inc. GIS, +1.71% rose 1.71% to $63.66 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 three-day losing streak.

General Mills Inc. closed $27.23 short of its 52-week high ($90.89), which the company reached on May 15th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Mondelez International Inc. Cl +0.88% rose 0.88% to $71.06, Kraft Heinz Co. KHC, +1.24% rose 1.24% to $35.11, and Hershey Co. HSY, +1.18% rose 1.18% to $187.92.

Trading volume (6.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.7 M.

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