Shares of Altria Group Inc. MO, 0.31% slid 0.54% to $55.23 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.91% rising 0.57% to 4,296.12 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.79% rising 0.70% to 34,049.46. This was the stock’s second consecutive day of losses. Altria Group Inc. closed $1.82 below its 52-week high ($57.05), which the company reached on April 21st.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Philip Morris International Inc. PM, 0.18% fell 0.16% to $102.53, British American Tobacco PLC ADR BTI, -0.17% fell 1.51% to $42.30, and Imperial Brands PLC ADR IMBBY, -3.85% fell 3.85% to $21.20. Trading volume (12.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.2 M.
