Lowe's Cos. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors

Shares of Lowe's Cos. LOW, -0.55% sank 0.55% to $198.83 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.

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

Lowe's Cos. closed $38.38 short of its 52-week high ($237.21), which the company achieved on July 27th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.16% fell 0.16% to $146.09, Home Depot Inc. HD, +0.79% rose 0.79% to $313.49, and Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.25% fell 0.25% to $155.69.

Trading volume (3.8 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.

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