PulteGroup Inc. stock rises Thursday, outperforms market

Shares of PulteGroup Inc. PHM, +0.47% inched 0.47% higher to $88.42 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 gains.

PulteGroup Inc. closed $0.74 below its 52-week high ($89.16), which the company reached on November 22nd.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Toll Brothers Inc. TOL, -0.21% fell 0.21% to $85.89, D.R. Horton Inc. DHI, +0.32% rose 0.32% to $127.67, and M.D.C. Holdings Inc. MDC, -0.41% fell 0.41% to $44.26.

Trading volume (2.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.

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