Shares of Tyson Foods Inc. Cl A TSN, 0.57% slid 1.36% to $72.55 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 0.05% rising 0.35% to 4,384.63 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.18% rising 0.36% to 34,996.18. Tyson Foods Inc. Cl A closed $9.24 short of its 52-week high ($81.79), which the company reached on May 14th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Hormel Foods Corp. HRL, 1.36% fell 0.84% to $47.04, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. PPC, -0.14% fell 1.41% to $21.65, and Seaboard Corp. SEB, -2.51% fell 2.07% to $3,867.20. Trading volume (1.6 M) remained 163,559 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.