Shares of AT&T Inc. T, -1.57% slipped 1.57% to $19.45 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.38% falling 0.38% to 3,735.48 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.50% falling 0.50% to 30,364.83. This was the stock’s fifth consecutive day of losses. AT&T Inc. closed $2.70 short of its 52-week high ($22.15), which the company reached on July 2nd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.87% fell 0.87% to $49.16, Walt Disney Co. DIS, -1.56% fell 1.56% to $94.22, and Comcast Corp. Cl A CMCSA, -0.90% fell 0.90% to $39.84. Trading volume (42.6 M) remained 8.3 million below its 50-day average volume of 50.9 M.