Kroger Co. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market
Shares of Kroger Co. KR, +1.44% rallied 1.44% to $44.27 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable 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.
Kroger Co. closed $6.14 short of its 52-week high ($50.41), which the company reached on December 1st.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.16% fell 0.16% to $146.09, Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.25% fell 0.25% to $155.69, and Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.83% rose 0.83% to $592.74.
Trading volume (16.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.2 M.
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