Shares in Walmart Inc.
WMT,
inches 0.31% higher at $ 144.47 on Friday, on what turned out to be an all-over major trading session for the stock market with the S&P 500 index
SPX,
rising 0.47% to 3,934.83 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
increasing 0.09% to 31,458.40. The increase in the stock snapped up a two-day loss streak. Walmart Inc. closed $ 9.19 below its 52-week high ($ 153.66) that the company achieved on December 1st.
The stock showed a mixed performance compared to some of its competitors on Friday when Amazon.com Inc.
AMZN,
rose 0.48% to $ 3,277.71, Costco Wholesale Corp.
COST,
rose 0.16% to $ 352.75, and Target Corp.
TGT,
rose 0.54% to $ 191.43. Trading volume (4.4 million) remained 3.1 million below the average 50-day volume of 7.5 million.
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