Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, 0.85% slipped 0.20% to $3,299.18 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.31% rising 0.22% to 4,496.19 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.12% rising 0.11% to 35,405.50. The stock’s fall snapped a three-day winning streak. Amazon.com Inc. closed $473.90 short of its 52-week high ($3,773.08), which the company achieved on July 13th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as eBay Inc. EBAY, 1.38% rose 1.81% to $74.16, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, -0.07% rose 0.58% to $2,841.58, and Walmart Inc. WMT, -0.88% rose 0.04% to $148.96. Trading volume (1.7 M) remained 1.8 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.4 M.